The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TSUE-MING LIN and SEYMOUR P. HALBERT __________ Appeal No. 1997-4138 Application No. 08/384,681 ___________ HEARD: January 9, 2001 ___________ Before WINTERS, ROBINSON, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 27 - 44, 46 - 52, and 54 - 63 which are all of the claims pending in the case. Claims 27, 46, and 56 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows: 27. A test kit for detecting the presence in a sample of at least one component to be detected selected from the group consisting of antigens, antibodies and haptens by a sandwich enzyme immunoassay comprising in one or more containers: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007