The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 52 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte LUC MONTAGNIER, JEAN-CLAUDE CHERMANN, FRANCOISE BARRE-SINOUSSI, FRANCOISE BRUN-VEZINET, CHRISTINE ROUZIOUX, WILLY ROZENBAUM, CHARLES DAUGUET, JACQUELINE GRUEST, MARIE-THERESE NUGEYRE, FRANCOISE REY, CLAUDINE AXLER-BLIN, SOLANGE CHAMARET, ROBERT C. GALLO, MIKULAS POPOVIC, and MANGALASSERIL G. SARNGADHARAN __________ Appeal No. 2000-1929 Application No. 08/019,297 __________ HEARD December 11, 2001 __________ Before WINTERS, ADAMS, 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 28-30, 35, 36, 42, and 45-48. Claims 43 and 44 havePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007