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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ANN E. BLECHL, and OLIN D. ANDERSON
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Appeal No. 2000-1910
Application No. 08/785,716
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent
Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claim 20, the only claim pending in the application.
Claim 20 is reproduced below:
20. Wheat flour derived from a plant comprising a recombinant
expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid encoding a glutenin polypeptide
and a seed-specific promoter, the plant having a glutenin content in the
endosperm of a mature seed at least about 30% different than the glutenin
content in the endosperm of a mature seed from a parental wheat plant.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
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