Appeal No. 1995-2785
Application No. 07/576,423
29, which are the only other claims remaining in the
application, stand "objected to as being dependent upon a
rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in
independent form." See the Second Supplemental Examiner's
Answer (Paper No. 31), page 1.
REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS
Claims 17, 21, and 26, which are illustrative of the
subject matter on appeal, read as follows:
17. A purified nucleic acid segment that corresponds to,
or is complementary to, from a 14 to 1890 nucleotide long
region of the DNA sequence of Figure 2 of the drawings, said
segment being capable of forming a hybrid with the nucleotide
sequence of Figure 2 under conditions that include 6 x SSC at
42EC.
21. A method for identifying the presence of a nucleic
acid molecule having a sequence in accordance with claim 17 in
a biological sample suspected of containing such a molecule,
the method comprising the steps of:
(a) incubating nucleic acids from the biological sample
with a DNA segment as defined by any one of claims
17 through 19 under conditions appropriate for the
formation of specific hybrids; and
(b) detecting the formation of specific hybrids between
the nucleic acids and the segment by means of a
detectable label, the formation of such hybrids
being indicative of the presence of such a nucleic
acid sequence in the biological sample.
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