Ex Parte Ashkenazi et al - Page 1



                             The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                      
                                      is not binding precedent of the Board.                                 
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                              
                                                __________                                                   
                            BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                               
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                    
                                                __________                                                   
                Ex parte AVI J. ASHKENAZI, KEVIN P. BAKER, DAVID A. BOTSTEIN,                                
                    LUC DESNOYERS, DAN L. EATON, NAPOLEONE FERRARA,                                          
                    SHERMAN FONG, WEI-QIANG GAO, HANSPETER GERBER,                                           
                 MARY E. GERRITSEN, AUDREY GODDARD, PAUL J. GODOWSKI,                                        
                    AUSTIN L. GURNEY, IVAR J. KLJAVIN, JENNIE P. MATHER,                                     
                        MARY A. NAPIER, JAMES PAN, NICHOLAS F. PAONI,                                        
                 MARGARET ANN ROY, TIMOTHY A. STEWART, DANIEL TUMAS,                                         
                            COLIN K. WATANABE, MICKEY P. WILLIAMS,                                           
                                WILLIAM I. WOOD, and ZEMIN ZHANG                                             
                                                __________                                                   
                                             Appeal 2007-1149                                                
                                          Application 10/066,273                                             
                                          Technology Center 1600                                             
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                                           Decided: June 7, 2007                                             
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                Before TONI R. SCHEINER, ERIC GRIMES and                                                     
                RICHARD M. LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                           
                GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                         

                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                                  
                      This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to an                         
                antibody.  The Examiner has rejected the claims for lacking utility.  We have                
                jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).  We reverse.                                            



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