Appeal No. 1996-2568
Application No. 08/071,304
1. A method for suppressing an immune response in an animal which
comprises administering to the animal an immunosuppressively effective amount of a
ganglioside where said ganglioside is G .
M4
11. A composition for suppressing an immune response in an animal upon
administration to said animal, said composition consisting essentially of:
an immunosuppressive concentration of a ganglioside, wherein said
ganglioside is G ; and
M4
a physiologically acceptable carrier for said ganglioside.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
DeLoach et al. (DeLoach) 4,327,710 May 4, 1982
Fabricius et al (Fabricius) 4,388,309 Jun. 14, 1983
Yates et al. (Yates), Immunological Properties of Gangliosides, American Chemical
Society, Volume 128, pp. 419-33 (1980)
GROUNDS OF REJECTION
Claim 1, 7 and 8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Yates in view of Fabricius.
Claim 9 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Yates in
view of Fabricius, further in view of DeLoach.
Claim 11 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Yates.
Claim 19 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Yates in
view of Fabricius.
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