Appeal No. 1999-0623
Application No. 08/316,802
disclosure as it would be interpreted by one possessing the ordinary skill in the
pertinent art.”
Appellant responds (e.g., Brief, pages 6-7) to the examiner’s rejection by
providing an extensive listing of United States Patents and including a number of
United States Patents as Appendix B of the Brief.
Upon review of the United States Patents included in Appendix B we find,
inter alia:
1. U.S. Patent No. 4,474,851, claim 1, “[a]n elastomeric composite material
comprising: … wherein said repeating units comprise amino acid
residues selected from the group consisting of hydrophobic amino acid
and glycine residues and wherein said repeating units exist in a
conformation having a ß-turn ….”
2. U.S. Patent No. 4,589,882, claim 1, “[a] synthetic elastomeric copolymer,
which comprises: … wherein said repeating units comprise amino acid
residues selected from the group consisting of hydrophobic amino acid
and glycine residues and said repeating units exist in a conformation
having a ß-turn ….”
3. U.S. Patent No. 4,870,055, claim 1 “[a method of increasing the modulus
of elasticity of a bioelastomer containing repeating units … wherein said
repeating units comprise amino acid residues selected from the group
consisting of hydrophobic amino acid and glycine residues and wherein
said repeating units exist in a conformation having a ß-turn….”
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