The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.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. 30
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN B. HARLEY
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Appeal No. 2001-1263
Application No. 08/475,955
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HEARD: April 11, 2002
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER, and MILLS Administrative Patent Judges.
WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 5
and 7 through 11. Claims 3, 4, and 6 are pending but are stated in the final Office
action (Paper No. 12) to have been withdrawn from consideration by the examiner.
These are all the claims pending in the application.
Claims 1, 7, 8, and 9 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and read
as follows:1
1 Due to a restriction requirement, it appears that the subject matter of claim 1 has only been examined to
the extent it recites the La/SSB epitopes. See Paper No. 9, page 4.
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