Appeal No. 1997-4379
Application No. 08/278,437
Appendix A, attached.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Dean et al. (Dean) 5,225,180 Jul. 6, 1993
Jost et al. (Jost), “Amino Acids and Peptides. C. The Effect of the Presence of Sulphur
Atoms on the Biological Activity of Oxytocin; Synthesis of Deamino-Carba6-Oxytocin
and Deamino-Dicarba-Oxytocin,” Collection Czechoslov. Chem. Commun., Vol. 36,
pp. 234-245 (1971)
Rivier et al. (Rivier), “Biological Action of Somatostatin,” Rec. Progm. Horm. Res.,
Vol. 31, pp. 369-371 (1975)
Edwards et al. (Edwards), “In Vitro Activity Profiles of Cyclic and Linear Enkephalin
Pseudopeptide Analogs,” Biochemical and Biophysical Researcy Communication,
Vol. 136, No.2, pp.730-736 (1986)
Mather et al. (Mather), “What Lessons for Antibody-Mediated Targeting?,” Cell
Biophysics, Vol. 21, pp. 93-107 (1992)
The references relied upon by appellants are:
Blake et al. (Blake) 5,439,792 Aug. 8, 1995
Belinka, Jr. et al. (Belinka) 5,449,761 Sep. 12, 1995
Grounds of Rejection
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
1. Claims 1 through 5 and 14 through 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph,
as based on a non-enabling disclosure.
2. Claims 1 through 5 and 14 through 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of
obviousness, the examiner relies on Dean, Edwards and Jost.
On consideration of the record, we reverse the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph and vacate the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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