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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte STEPHEN B. H. KENT,
SASKIA C. F. MILTON, and
RAYMOND C. MILTON
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Appeal No. 2001-0762
Application No. 08/343,585
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, ADAMS, and GREEN, 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 1-8, which are all the claims pending in the
application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
1. A synthetic D-enzyme corresponding to a natural L-enzyme, wherein
the synthetic D-enzyme has a D-amino acid residue sequence
consisting of D-amino acids and glycine that defines a D-polypeptide
able to catalyze a first enzymatic reaction corresponding to a second
enzymatic reaction catalyzed by the natural enzyme,
said D-amino acid residue sequence corresponding to an L-amino
acid residue sequence defined by the natural L-enzyme,
said D-polypeptide having a conformation that corresponds to a
mirror image of an L-polypeptide defined by the natural L-enzyme.
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