The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte
MICHAEL SEUL, CHIU WO CHAU, HUI HUANG,
SUKANTA BANERJEE, JIACHENG YANG, and YE HONG
Appeal 2007-2448
Application 10/192,352
Technology Center 1600
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Decided: September 11, 2007
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Before TONI R. SCHEINER, ERIC GRIMES, and NANCY J. LINCK,
Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to a method
for producing chips with biological molecules on their surfaces. The
Examiner has rejected the claims as anticipated and obvious. We have
jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
“Typically, arrays of biological probes such as DNA, RNA or protein
molecules are formed either by deposition and immobilization or by in-situ
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