The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ALBAN J. LINNENBACH, HILARY KOPROWSKI, and DORTHEE HERLYN __________ Appeal No. 2001-1258 Application No. 08/413,805 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before ADAMS, MILLS, 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, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 19-21, 24, 25, 30, and 31. Claims 26- 29 are also pending but are not subject to any outstanding rejection. See the Examiner’s Answer, page 2. Claims 1 and 4 are representative of the claims on appeal and read as follows: 1. A recombinantly-produced immunogenic polypeptide GA733-2E consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 substantially free from contamination with other proteinaceous materials.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007