The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RICHARD A. HOUGHTEN and CLEMENCIA PINILLA __________ Appeal No. 1997-0093 Application No. 08/157,562 __________ Heard: November 14, 2000 __________ Before WINTERS, ROBINSON, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges. ADAMS, 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 1-29, which are all the claims pending in the application. Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced below: 1. A dimeric oligopeptide mixture set comprised of dimer molecules having two bonded portions in which the oligopeptide chains of a first oligopeptide portion are bonded by a disulfide bond to the oligopeptide chains of a second oligopeptide mixture portion, whereinPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007