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                    The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written        
                            for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                
                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                         
                                             __________                                               
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                          
                                      AND INTERFERENCES                                               
                                             __________                                               
                       Ex parte PRAMOD K. GUPTA, DIANE HOLMSTROM,                                     
                                       and BONNIE LARSON                                              
                                             __________                                               
                                          Appeal 2007-1026                                            
                                       Application 10/405,819                                         
                                       Technology Center 1600                                         
                                             __________                                               
                                       Decided: May 21, 2007                                          
                                             __________                                               
              Before DEMETRA J. MILLS, LORA M. GREEN,                                                 
              and RICHARD M. LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                  
              LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                  
                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                             
                    This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-26,             
              28, and 29.  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).  We affirm-in-part.           

                                       STATEMENT OF CASE                                              
                    The claimed invention relates to methods of producing cotyledonary                
              pine embryos comprising culturing pine embryonic tissue on different media              
              which comprises the plant hormones (Specification 4, 9) gibberellin (GA)                
              and abscisic acid (ABA).                                                                




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