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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GARRY B. TAKLE, ALLAN R. GOLDBERG, and SHAJI T. GEORGE
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Appeal No. 2001-14981
Application No. 08/912,378
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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 1-16 and 33, which are all the claims pending
in the application.
Claims 1 and 9 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and are
reproduced below:
1. A method for delivering a nucleic acid to a bacterial cell, the
method comprising
bringing into contact the bacterial cell and a composition
comprising the nucleic acid and a macrocycle having a net
positive charge in an amount effective to enhance delivery of the
nucleic acid to the bacterial cell.
1 This appeal is related to Appeal No. 2001-1705 (Application No. 08/616,141) accordingly we
have considered these two appeals together.
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