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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WILLIAM M. MITCHELL
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Appeal No. 1999-1427
Application 08/372,429
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ON BRIEF
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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 1-7, all of the claims remaining in the application. Claim 1
is representative and reads as follows:
1. A method of inducing a mucosal immune response to antigen in a
mammal, comprising administering to the mucosa of the mammal antigen-
encoding DNA complexed to a transfection-facilitating lipospermine or
lipospermidine, in an amount effective to induce a mucosal immune response to
expressed antigen.
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