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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 40
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JACK D. KEENE,
DANIEL J. KENAN, and
DONALD E. TSAI
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Appeal No. 2000-2269
Application No. 08/862,337
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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, 2, 5, 6, 8-11, 13, 14, 21, 26-34, 49, 50, 58, 59, 68-72,
78, and 79, all of the claims remaining. Claims 1 and 26 are representative and
read as follows:
1. A method of generating a nucleic acid species which is
immunologically cross-reactive with an immunogen, which
immunogen is not a nucleic acid, said method comprising:
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