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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte M. RIGDON LENTZ
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Appeal No. 2001-2168
Application No. 09/083,307
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HEARD: December 12, 2001
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Before MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge,
FRANKFORT and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 through 23. No other claims
are pending in the application.
Appellant’s invention relates to a method (claims 1-8)
for inducing an immune response against transformed,
infected or diseased tissue, a system (claims 9, 16 and 18-
22) for inducing an immune response against transformed,
infected or diseased tissue, and a kit (claims 10-15, 17
and 23) for the treatment of a patient to induce an immune
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