Appeal No. 1995-2839
Application 08/062,023
B) simultaneously detecting at least one of said amplified first target DNA strands
and at least one of said amplified second target DNA strands as a simultaneous
determination of the presence of said first and second target DNA's.
17. The method of claim 15 wherein one or both of said first second primers, and
one or both of said third and fourth primers, are labeled with the same or different specific
binding moiety.
25. The method of claim 15 wherein said first and second target DNA's are
associated with the same or different infectious agent.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Mullis et al. (Mullis II) 4,683,195 July 28, 1987
Mullis et al. (Mullis III) 4,965,188 Oct. 23, 1990
Mullis et al. (Mullis I), “Specific Enzymatic Amplification of DNA In Vitro: The Polymerase
Chain Reaction,” Cold Spring Habor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, Vol. LI, pp.
263-73 (1986)
Spaete et al. (Spaete), “Human Cytomegalovirus Strain Towne Glycoprotein B Is
Processed by Proteolytic Cleavage,” Virology, Vol. 167, pp. 207-225 (1988)
Matthews et al. (Matthews), “Analytical Strategies for the Use of DNA Probes,”
Analytic Biochemistry, Vol. 169, pp. 1-25 (1988)
Vandenvelde et al. (Vandenvelde), “Fast Multiplex polymerase chain reaction on boiled
clinical samples for rapid viral diagnosis,” Journal of Virological Methods, Vol. 30, pp.
215-28 (1990)
The claims stand rejected as follows:
I. Claims 15, 16, 20, 21, 27 and 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103
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