Ex Parte ZHANG et al - Page 1




                         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                                for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SHUGUANG ZHANG,                                              
                                            CURTIS LOCKSHIN,                                                  
                                           ALEXANDER RICH, and                                                
                                              TODD HOLMES,                                                    
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                                            Appeal No. 2001-0693                                              
                                         Application No. 08/898,300                                           
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                     
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            Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ADAMS, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.                          
            WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                    
                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                   This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of             
            claims 37 through 73, all the claims in the case.  Claim 37 is representative of the              
            subject matter on appeal and reads below:                                                         
            37.  A macroscopic membrane which is formed by self-assembly of amphiphilic                       
            peptides in an aqueous solution containing monovalent metal cations, wherein the                  
            peptides have alternating hydrophobic and hydrophilic amino acids and are                         
            complementary and structurally compatible.                                                        

                   Claims 37 through 73 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph                 





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