Appeal No. 1996-3797
Application No. 08/070,162
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Hall et al. (Hall), “Expression and Regulation of Escherichia coli lacZ Ghene Fusions in
Mammalian Cells,” The Journal of Molecular and Applied Genetics, Vol. 2, pp 101-109
(1983).
Mills et al. (Mills), “Sequences of Human Immunoglobulin Switch Regions: Implications for
Recombination and Transcription,” Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 18, pp 7305-7316,
(1990).
Sambrook et al. (Sambrook), Molecular Cloning - A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory Press, 2nd Edition, Chapter 16, pp 16.41-16.46 and 16.57-16.58
(1989)
Suter et al. (Suter), “Expression of Human Lymphocyte Ige Receptor (Fc RII/CD23),” The
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Journal of Immunology, Vol. 143, pp 3087-3092 (1989).
Rothman et al. (Rothman), “Identification of a Conserved Lipopolysaccharide-Plus
Interleukin -4- Responsive Element Located at the Promoter of Germ Line 0 Transcripts,”
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Vol. 11, pp 5551-5561 (1991).
Takai et al. (Takai), “DNA Transfection of Mouse Lymphoid Cells by the Combination of
DEAE-dextran-mediated DNA uptake and osmotic shock procedure,” Biochimica et
Biophysicas Acta. Vol. 1048, pp 105-109 (1990).
Grounds of Rejection
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of
obviousness, the examiner relies upon Suter, Sambrook, and Takai.
Claims 6-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of
obviousness, the examiner relies upon Suter, Sambrook, Takai and Hall.
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