Appeal No. 1996-2211
Application No. 08/018,546
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 5-9, all the claims
remaining in the application. Claims 5, 6 and 8 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and
read as follows:
5. A method of transporting bovine embryos which have not been frozen which comprises
transporting said bovine embryos in a transportation medium comprising a thiol
compound selected from the group consisting of $-mercaptoethanol, $-
mercaptoethylamine, glutathione, dithiothreitol and "-thioglycerol, while maintained in
non-frozen condition.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein said bovine embryos are transported while
maintained at 37EC.
8. The method of claim 5 wherein the thiol compound is $-mercaptoethanol.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Hasler et al. (Hasler), Journal of Animal Science, Volume 49, Supplement 1, pp. 135-136 (February
1979).
Takahashi et al. (Takahashi), Theriogenology, Volume 39, Number 1, p. 326 (January 1993).
Ealy et al. (Ealy) Cell Biology International Reports, Volume 16, Number 2, pp. 125-131 (February
1992).
BIOSIS ABSTRACT: Bannai, S., (Bannai) Hum. Cell (Japan), Volume 5, Number 3, pp.292-297
(September 1992) . 2
2While a translation of the full Bannai reference appears in the file wrapper, the examiner’s rejection
relies only upon the abstract. We have considered the translation of the full text article.
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