Appeal No. 94-3056
Application 07/812,421
This is an appeal from the examiner's decision finally
rejecting claims 1 and 32-37.
Claim 1 was withdrawn from appeal by Michael E. Whitham,
counsel for appellants, at oral hearing before the Board of
Patent Appeals and Interferences conducted Friday, July 18,
1997.
Claim 1 being the only claim rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, first paragraph, this rejection is moot.
Claims 32-37 remain on appeal and read as follows:
32. A protein having an amino acid sequence defined by
blocks 1-6 of Figure 4.
33. A protein having an amino acid sequence defined by
blocks 2-7 of Figure 4.
34. A protein having an amino acid sequence defined by
blocks 3-8 of Figure 4.
35. A protein having an amino acid sequence defined by
blocks 1-8 of Figure 4.
36. A protein as shown in Figure 4.
37. A protein expressed from the plasmid in ATCC deposit
No. 68425.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Houghten 4,886,663 Dec. 12, 1989
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