The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte PETER J. COASSIN, JACK D. McNEAL
and DAVID B. HELPHREY
Appeal No. 1998-3050
Application No. 08/586,116
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, OWENS and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 77-87.
Claims 1-76 stand withdrawn from consideration. Claims 88-99,
the other claims remaining in the present application, have been
allowed by the examiner. Claim 77 is illustrative:
77. A combination comprising a holder and aspirating means,
the holder bearing a substrate having a plurality of reactant
binding agents for a plurality of target biomolecules in a sample
to form a bound substance having a detectable characteristic for
detection of target biomolecules within the sample, the holder
comprising:
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