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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 49
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JANICE A. KOLBERG
and MICHAEL S. URDEA
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Appeal No. 1997-2532
Application No. 08/427,5691
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, SPIEGEL, and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges.
SPIEGEL, 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 claims 17 through 36, which are all of the claims pending in this application.
The claimed invention is directed to sandwich hybridization assays for detecting
HTLV-1 (claims 31-33), probes (claims 17-30) and kits (claims 34-36) therefore. Two
1Application for patent filed April 24, 1995. According to appellants, this application is a
continuation of application 08/130,150 filed September 29, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation of
application 07/813,585 filed December 23, 1991, now abandoned.
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