The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte YAN-PING YANG, ALI KANDIL, LUCY GISONNI, RAAFAT E.F. FAHIM, and MICHEL H. KLEIN __________ Appeal No. 1999-1271 Application No. 08/467,883 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before ROBINSON, 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 29-46, all of the claims remaining in the application. Claim 29 is representative and reads as follows: 29. A process for individually isolating P1, P2 and P6 outer membrane protein from a Haemophilus strain, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a cell paste of the Haemophilus strain;Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007