Ex parte CUMMINS et al. - Page 8




              Appeal No. 1995-2839                                                                                          
              Application 08/062,023                                                                                        


              unsupported generalities.  In re Freed, 425 F.2d 785, 787, 165 USPQ 570, 571 (CCPA                            
              1970); In re Warner 379 F.2d 1011, 1017, 154 USPQ 173, 178 (CCPA 1967), cert.                                 
              denied, 389 U.S. 1057 (1968).  Accordingly, the rejection is reversed.                                        
                                                   Rejections II and III                                                    
                     Turning to the remaining rejections in this case, we find that none of the applied                     
              prior art teaches the simultaneous amplification of multiple target DNA sequences or the                      
              T  of the primers as required by the independent claim (claim 15); i.e., the claim on which                   
                m                                                                                                           
              the claims encompassed by this rejection depend.  Accordingly, the rejections are                             
              summarily reversed.                                                                                           
                     The decision of the examiner is reversed.                                                              
                                                       REVERSED                                                             





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