Appeal No. 95-0083
Application 07/711,556
region and a structural gene, whereby said DNA sequence is
expressed and said polypeptide is obtained.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Hitzeman et al. (Hitzeman) 4,775,622 Oct. 04, 1983
Kurjan et al. (Kurjan) 4,546,082 Oct. 08, 1985
Hollenberg et al. (Hollenberg) 4,859,596 Aug. 22, 1989
Hollenberg et al. (Hollenberg) EP 0 096 430 Dec. 21, 1983
(European Patent Application)
Sunil Das, et al. (Das) "A High-Frequency Transformation System for the
Yeast Kluyveromyces lactis", Current Genetics, Vol. 6, pgs 123-128
(1982).
The issues presented for review are: (1) whether the examiner erred in rejecting
claims 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 52, 54, 56 and 57 under the judicially created doctrine of
obviousness-type double patenting over claims 1 and 6 through 12 of U.S. Patent No.
4,859,596; (2) whether the examiner erred in rejecting claims 47 and 58 under the
judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting over claims 1 and 6
through 12 of U.S. Patent No. 4,859,596 considered with Hitzeman; and (3) whether
the examiner erred in rejecting claims 43, 45, 46, 49, 52, 54 and 56 through 58 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Hollenberg (European Patent Application 096
430) in view of Das, Kurjan, and Hitzeman.
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