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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PRESCOTT DEININGER and DAVID KASS
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Appeal No. 2001-1949
Application No. 08/958,009
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, 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 3-12, all of the claims remaining. Claim 9 is representative
and reads as follows:
9. A process of estimating ethnic affiliation, the process comprising:
A. providing a DNA sample from a human, the sample
containing DNA having Alu U and Alu D regions; and
B. determining haplotypes within the Alu U and Alu D
regions; and
C. estimating the ethnic affiliation of the human from the
discrimination coefficient for each ethnic group.
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