Appeal No. 94-3676
Application 07/949,327
of said non-human animal interferon.
20. A process which comprises expressing a gene
encoding a non-human mammalian interferon in a form
unaccompanied by the signal peptide or presequence
peptide
that is the immediate product of the translation of the
mRNA
of said non-human animal interferon in a microorganism or
cell culture.
27. An essentially purified and isolated DNA
sequence
encoding a non-human mammalian interferon having the
amino
acid sequence essentially as set forth in Figures 3a-d,
9a-c, 14a-e and 15 hereof.
Our reasons for including Claims 17 and 27 in the body of this
decision should become apparent from the “Other Issues”
portion of our opinion.
2. Discussion
Claim 12 is drawn to essentially purified and isolated
DNAs which encode all amino acid sequences of non-human
mammalian interferons. The examiner relies on Yabrov
essentially for its teaching that “there are reports which
show a high protective activity of bovine, rabbit and rat
interferons for human cells (Babiuk, Rouse, 1977; Filipic et
al., 1977)” (Yabrov, p. 26, first full para.). Goeddel
identifies the structures of eight distinct cloned human
leukocyte interferon cDNAs and, according to the examiner,
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