The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BRUCE A. GREEN AND GARY W. ZLOTNICK ___________ Appeal No. 1999-1313 Application No. 08/448,097 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges. WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 28-30, 38-46, 81-83, and 88, all of the claims remaining in this application. Claims 28, 38, and 88 are exemplary of the claims on appeal, and read as follows: 28. Isolated nucleic acid encoding essentially pure protein “e” of Haemophilus influenzae or a peptide of protein “e” comprising an epitope or epitopes thereof. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007