Appeal No. 1997-0472
Application No. 08/259,152
However, as noted by the examiner, the reason that D'H forms
an aqueous solution of a plasminogen activator and an anionic
polymer is not germane to the patentability of the claimed
composition.
We note that one of the present inventors, Yukio
Shimazaki, filed a declaration under Rule 132 on June 13,
1994. However, since appellants' brief makes no reference to
the declaration and bases no argument thereon, we have
assigned no probative value to
the Declaration in reaching our conclusion of obviousness for
the claimed subject matter.
One final point remains. Since we find that D'H
discloses an aqueous solution comprising appellants' t-PA and
anionic polymer, we invite the examiner to reconsider the
allowability of claim 31 which is drawn to a method of
increasing the solubility of t-PA in aqueous solution by
adding an anionic polymer to the solution. It would seem that
D'H describes or, at least, renders obvious the claimed method
of adding an anionic polymer to an aqueous solution of t-PA,
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