Ex parte BURNETT et al. - Page 1




             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                                    and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21               
                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                             
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                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                               
                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                     
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                               Ex parte J. PAUL BURNETT, NANCY G. MAYNE,                                          
                                ROBERT L. SHARP, and YVONNE M. SNYDER                                             
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                                             Appeal No. 1997-0791                                                 
                                             Application 08/172,332                                               
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                                                   ON BRIEF                                                       
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             Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ADAMS and MILLS Administrative Patent Judges,                               
             MILLS , Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                 

                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                    
                    This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final                  
             rejection of claim 5, which is the only claim pending in this application.                           

                    Claim 5 is the only claim on appeal and reads as follows:                                     
                    5.   An isolated DNA compound encoding a glutamate receptor having a sequence                 
             as defined by SEQ ID NO:2.                                                                           



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