Appeal No. 1996-1618
Application No. 07/876,804
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Katz et al. (Katz) 4,496,654 Jan. 29, 1985
Bastiaans 4,735,906 Apr. 5, 1988
Richards et al. (Richards) 4,847,193 Jul. 11, 1989
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Baer et al. (Baer) 5,130,527 Jul. 14, 1992
European Patent Application (Hansen) 139 489 May 2, 1985
Wilchek et al. (Wilchek), “REVIEW: The Avidin-Biotin Complex in Bioanalytical
Applications,” 171 Analytical Biochemistry, pp. 1-32 (1988).
Yanagita et al. (Yanagita), “Solubilization and purification of membrane proteins” in
TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS, Chapter 2, pp.
61-76 (Ragan et al., eds., Chapman and Hall, London, 1986).
ISSUES4
Claim 29 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶¶ 1 and 2 as the claimed
invention is not described in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to enable any
person skilled in the art to make and use the same, and/or for failing to particularly point
out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicants regard as the invention. Claims
17, 18, 22-25, 27 and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Bastiaans, Wilchek and Katz. Claims 17, 18, 23 and 26 stand rejected under 35
3Baer was relied upon in the alternative to Bastiaans in finally rejecting claims 17-29 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 (see Office action mailed November 29, 1993 (Paper No. 14), page 3). However, as
indicated infra, Baer was withdrawn as a reference when all prior rejections were withdrawn in the answer.
See also reply brief, page 2.
4According to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 25), “[a]ll previous rejections have been withdrawn
in view of the new grounds of rejection set forth below” (page 3).
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