Appeal 2007-1824
Application 10/639,718
Barry Schweitzer, “Immunoassays with Rolling Circle DNA
amplification: A versatile platform for ultrasensitive antigen detection,”
PNAS, 97(18), 10113-10119 (2000).
Lahiri US 2002/0019015 A1 Feb. 14, 2002
Matray US 6,649,351 Nov. 18, 2003
The rejections as presented by the Examiner are as follows:
1. Claims 1-15, 18, and 43-51 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over the combination of Lahiri, Matray, and Jordan.
2. Claims 16, 17, 50, and 51 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over the combination of Lahiri, Matray, Jordan, and
Schweitzer.
We affirm.
DISCUSSION
Claims 1-15, 18, and 43-51 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over the combination of Lahiri, Matray, and Jordan. The
claims have not been argued separately and therefore stand or fall together.
37 C.F.R. § 41.37(c)(1)(vii). Therefore, we limit our discussion to
representative claim 1. Claim 1 is directed to a method for identifying or
evaluating target compounds capable of modulating ligand-receptor
interactions. The method comprises four steps:
a) providing a plurality of receptor microspots on a substrate to form
an array;
b) preparing a cocktail solution of labeled ligands;
c) contacting the array with the cocktail solution in the presence of a
target compound; and
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