Appeal No. 94-2232 Application 07/888,367 teachings of Walujono et al. (Walujono), “Amino Acid Sequence of Hevein,” Proceedings of the International Rubber Conference, Vol. 2, Rubber Research Institute Malaysia, KuaLa Lumpur, pp. 518-531 (1975), Broekaert, “Chitinases and Chitin- Binding Lectins in Plants: A Biochemical and Physiological Study of Their Role in the Natural Protection of Plants Against Fungi,” Dissertationes de Agricultura, Doctoraatsproefschrift Nr. 167 aan de Faculteit der Landbouwwetenschappen van de K. U. Leuven, pp. II-IV (Abs.) and 73-84 (Ch. 7)(September 1988), Weissman et al. (Weissman), U.S. 4,394,443, patented July 19, 1983, and White et al. (White), U.S. 4,677,054, patented June 30, 1987. Claims 7-112 As evidence in support of this rejection, the examiner cites the2 following references (Examiner’s Answer (Ans.), pp. 3-4): Alberts, B., et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, Garland Publishing, Inc., N.Y., pp. 185-196 (1983); Safford et al., “Plastid-Localized Seed Acyl-Carrier Protein of Brassica napus is Encoded by a Distinct, Nuclear Multigene Family,” Eur. J. Biochem., Vol. 174, pp. 287-295 (1988); Back et al., “Isolation of cDNA Clones Coding for Spinach Nitrite Reductase: Complete Sequence and Nitrate Induction,” Mol. Gen. Genet., Vol. 212, pp. 20-26 (1988); Van der Plas et al., “The Gene for the Precursor of Plastocyanin from the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7937: Isolation, Sequence and Regulation,” Mol. Microbiol., Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 275-284 (1989). 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007