THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is
not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ALAN F. COOK
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Appeal No. 1995-2831
Application No. 07/908,376
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges.
SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims
9, 26 and 53 through 55, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 9 and 53 are
illustrative:
53. An oligonucleotide wherein each nucleotide unit of the oligonucleotide
includes a sugar moiety, a purine or pyrimidine base, and a phosphorus-containing
moiety, wherein said oligonucleotide is conjugated to at least one sugar phosphate
moiety which is independent of a nucleotide unit, wherein said at least one sugar
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