Appeal No. 95-2710
Application 08/011,837
from consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a
nonelected invention.
THE INVENTION
Appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward methods
for prophylaxis in a female mammal and for passively
immunizing skin surfaces and mucus epithelial surfaces, by
introducing into the vaginal cavity or uterus of the female
mammal, or applying to the skin or mucus epithelial surfaces,
at least one pan semen antibody which is capable of binding,
directly or indirectly, to cells and pathogens in semen,
thereby trapping the cells and pathogens in semen. 2
Appellants state that the methods are useful for contraception
and prophylaxis against sexually transmitted diseases
(specification, page 1, lines 7-11). Claims 52 and 58 are
illustrative and read as follows:
52. A method of prophylaxis in a female mammal which
comprises continuously introducing into the vaginal cavity or
uterus of said female mammal, over a prolonged period of time
at a controlled rate a prophylactically effective amount of at
2According to appellants’ specification (page 16, lines
29-32), pan semen antibodies are “antibodies that not only
immobilize sperm in semen but also immobilize virtually all
other cells in semen by coaggulating [sic, coagulating] them
with the sperm.”
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