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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25
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 and SHAJI T. GEORGE
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Appeal No. 2001-17051
Application No. 08/616,141
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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 1-8, 11-13, and 19-31. Claims 9 and 10 are
free from rejection, and the examiner indicated (Answer, page 2) that claims 14-
18 are allowable.
Claim 19 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
19. A composition for delivering a compound having a net negative
charge to cells comprising
a. a compound having a net negative charge ionically bound to a
macrocycle having a net positive charge selected from the
group consisting of natural porphyrins, natural phthalocyanins,
synthetic porphyrins, synthetic phthalocyanins, and conjugates
1 This appeal is related to Appeal No. 2001-1498 (Application No. 08/912,378) accordingly we
have considered these two appeals together.
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