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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ZHI YANG __________ Appeal No. 1996-1916 Application 07/912,122 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges. SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 through 4 and 7, all the claims pending in the application. Claims 1 and 7 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows: 1. A cDNA sequence (SEQ ID NO:3) encoding soluble Flk-2. 7. Soluble Flk-2 (SEQ ID NO:4) as a purified composition. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007