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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RUSSELL M. MEDFORD and CLARENCE F. BENNETT
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Appeal No. 1999-1215
Application No. 08/401,192
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, ADAMS, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 35-43, which are all the claims pending in the
application.
Claim 35 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
35. A linear chimeric oligonucleotide for down-regulating expression of a
gene comprising a first region having a sequence which is identical to
at least a portion of a sequence of said gene, which gene sequence
binds a transcriptional regulatory factor, and a second region
specifically hybridizable either with a splicing region of pre-mRNA
deriving from the gene or with mRNA deriving from the gene.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
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