Ex parte KAMBOJ et al.; Ex parte FOLDES et al. - Page 88


                  Appeal No.  1997-3221                                                                                          
                  Application No.  08/249,241                                                                                    
                  executed July 21, 1997, and the Declarations63 filed under 37 CFR  § 1.131 of                                  

                  Kamboj (executed August 7, 1997), Nutt (executed June 26, 1997) and Elliott                                    
                  (executed June 26, 1997) relied on by appellants to rebut any such prima facie                                 
                  case.                                                                                                          
                          Accordingly, we reverse the rejection of claims 28, 43-45, and 49-52 under                             
                  35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Heinemann in view of Puckett and Sun.                               
                  Other Matters:                                                                                                 
                          The examiner and appellants should review claims 28 and 43 to determine if                             
                  claim 43 further limits claim 28.  See 35 U.S.C. § 112, fourth paragraph.  See also                            
                  MPEP 706.03(k).                                                                                                
                  Summary:                                                                                                       
                          We reverse the examiner’s rejection of claims 28, 43-45, and 49-52 under                               
                  35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Heinemann in view of Puckett and Sun.                               


                                                         REVERSED                                                                










                                                                                                                                 
                  63 However, we compare the examiner’s statement (Answer, page 20) that “[t]he                                  
                  transmission of confidential information does not show a reduction to practice of the                          
                  claimed isolated DNA,” with similar statements made in Appeal Nos.: 1999-1393,                                 
                  1999-2118, 1999-2200, 2000-1779, and 2000-1780.                                                                

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