Appeal No. 1997-4381 Application 08/440,734 The prior art references relied upon by the examiner are: Hettinga et al. (Hettinga) 4,379,170 Apr. 5, 1983 Payne et al. (Payne) 5,172,193 Dec. 15, 1992 Nordstrom et al. (Nordstrom), “Prevention of Bacteriophage Adsorption to Staphylococcus aureus by Immunoglobulin G,” Journal of Virology, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 203-206 (1974) OPINION In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the examiner's Answer (Paper No. 10, April 1, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the appellant's Brief (Paper No. 9, January 6, 1997) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst. As a consequence of our review, we make the determinations which follow. DECISION ON APPEAL Grounds of Rejection 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007