Appeal No. 1996-2229
Application 08/196,748
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Yoshimoto et al. (Yoshimoto)(SS), “Isolation and Characterization
of Leukotriene C Synthetase of Rat Basophilic Leukemia Cells,”
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80 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, 8399-8403 (1985).
Yoshimoto et al. (Yoshimoto)(RR), “Properties of Highly Purified
Leukotriene C Synthase of Guinea Pig Lung,” 81 J. Clin. Invest.,
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866-71 (1988).
Söderström et al. (Söderström)(TT), “Leuktriene C Synthase:
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Characterization in Mouse Mastocytoma Cells, 187 Methods in
Enzymology, 306-12 (1990).
Söderström et al. (Söderström)(U), “On the Nature of Leukotriene
C Synthase in Human Platelets,” 294 Archives of Biochemistry and
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Biophysics, 70-74 (1992).
In the Appeal Brief, page 6, appellant relies on the
following
reference:
Nicholson et al. (Nicholson), “Purification of Human Leukotriene
C Synthase from Dimethylsulfoxide-Differentiated U937 Cells,”
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209 Eur. J. Biochem., 725-34 (1992).
Claims 1 through 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as indefinite. Claims 1 through 4 also stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as anticipated by or, in the
alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over
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