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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 45
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GLENN D. BRAUNSTEIN and SONG-GUANG REN
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Appeal No. 1998-2195
Application No. 08/277,241
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HEARD: MARCH 22, 2001
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Before, WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 28, 30-32, and 34-37, all of the claims remaining in the
application. Claim 28 is representative and reads as follows:
28. A method for evaluating inhibition of human chorionic gonadotropin
(hCG) production of a subject’s trophoblast cells comprising the
steps of isolating a regulatory polypeptide
a) which inhibits, in a dose dependent manner, the production of hCG
by human trophoblasts in vitro;
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