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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KARL-HEINZ, GERTUND and
GERTUND EBERLE-ADAMKIEWICS
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Appeal No. 2001-0756
Application No. 08/666,400
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, 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 claims 58-67, which are all the claims pending in the
application.
Claim 58 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
58. A method for immobilizing biomolecules and affinity ligands, said
method comprising the steps of:
a) reacting water insoluble matrices, having amino groups and
being selected from the group consisting of test tubes, microtiter
plates, microscope slides, beads, membranes, resins, and
filters, with a cyclobutene carboxylic acid derivative, selected
from the group consisting of cyclobutene carboxylic acid diester,
cyclobutene carboxylic acid halide, cyclobutene carboxylic acid
ester halide, cyclobutene carboxylic acid dialkoxyester, and
cyclobutene carboxylic acid imidazole, as an activating
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