The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JAN E. DE VRIES, CHUNG-HER JENH, SATWANT K. NARULA,
and PAUL J. ZAVODNY
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Appeal No. 1996-3797
Application No. 08/070,162
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, ROBINSON, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges.
ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 - 9, which are all of the claims pending in the case.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:
1. A human cell line cloned from a cell which has been stably transformed by a
recombinant vector comprising a reporter gene operatively linked to a human IL-4-
responsive element, which responsive element is capable of inducing expression of the
reporter gene in response to IL-4.
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