Ex parte CACECI et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 95-2041                                                           
          Application 07/814,220                                                       


          Willson et al., "A Simple Method For Constructing Directly                   
          Repeated Multimeric DNA Segments," Gene Anal. Techn., Vol. 2,                
          pages 77-82 (1985).                                                          
               The rejection of claims 17, 18, 48 and 49 under 35 U.S.C.               
          § 112, second paragraph, presented in the Examiner's Answer,                 
          mailed December 6, 1993, has been obviated, as indicated in                  
          the Supplemental Examiner's Answer, mailed February 9, 1994.                 
               Claims 6, 11 and 32-39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                 
          112, first paragraph, as being based on a disclosure which                   
          fails to provide a written description which would have en-                  
          abled any person skilled in the art to which it pertains to                  
          practice the claimed invention throughout the full scope of                  
          the claims without undue experimentation.                                    
               Claims 6, 11, 17-21 and 32-47 stand rejected under 35                   
          U.S.C. § 103 over a combination of all of the above listed                   
          references.                                                                  
               We vacate the examiner's rejections with respect to                     
          claims 6, 11, 21 and 32-47, make new grounds of rejection with               
          respect to these claims under the provisions of 37 CFR §                     
          1.196(b); and reverse the examiner's rejection with respect to               
          claims 17-20.                                                                


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