Appeal No. 1999-1676
Application No. 08/452,228
Claims 1 and 3 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and are
reproduced below:
1. An isolated protein nucleic acid molecule consisting of a nucleotide
sequence that encodes a protein having the following amino acid
sequence:
NH2-Val Pro Ile Gln Lys Val Gln Ser Asp Thr Lys Thr Leu Ile
Lys Thr Ile Val Thr Arg Ile Asn Asp Ile Ser His Thr Gln Ser
Val Ser Ser Lys Gln Arg Val Thr Gly Leu Asp Phe Ile Pro Gly
Leu His Pro Val Leu Thr Leu Ser Gln Met Asp Gln Thr Leu Ala
Ile Tyr Gln Gln Ile Leu Ile Asn Leu Pro Ser Arg Asn Val Ile
Gln Ile Ser Asn Asp Leu Glu Asn Leu Arg Asp Leu Leu His Leu
Leu Ala Phe Ser Lys Ser Cys His Leu Pro Leu Ala Ser Gly Leu
Glu Thr Leu Glu Ser Leu Gly Asp Val Leu Glu Ala Ser Leu Tyr
Ser Thr Glu Val Val Ala Leu Ser Arg Leu Gln Gly Ser Leu Gln
Asp Met Leu Trp Gln Leu Asp Leu Ser Pro Gly Cys-COOH
(SEQ ID NO: 2).
3. A recombinant DNA vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule of [c]laim
1.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Martial et al. (Martial), “Human Growth Hormone: Complementary DNA Cloning and
Expression in Bacteria,” Science, Vol. 205, pp. 602-607 (1979)
Zhang et al. (Zhang), “Positional cloning of the mouse obese gene and its human
homologue,” Nature, Vol. 372, pp. 425-429 (1994)
GROUNDS OF REJECTION
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as being unpatentable
over Zhang.
Claims 3-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as being unpatentable
over Zhang in view of Martial.
We reverse.
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