Paper No. 17
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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DONALD W. NICHOLSON
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Appeal No. 1996-2229
Application 08/196,748
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH and LORIN, Administrative Patent
Judges.
WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal was taken from the examiner's decision rejecting
claims 1 through 4, which are all of the claims in the
application.
Claim 1, which is illustrative of the subject matter on
appeal, reads as follows:
1. LTC synthase, in substantially free form, having a
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molecular weight of 18 kDa as determined on silver stained
SDS-polyacrylamide denaturing gel.
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