The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DANIELA SANTOLI, GIOVANNI ROVERA, and ALESSANDRA CESANO __________ Appeal No. 2001-2411 Application No. 08/879,422 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, MILLS, 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 1, 3, and 5-14, all of the claims in the application. Claim 1 is representative and reads as follows: 1. A method of treating cancer in a mammalian patient, comprising the step of: administering to a mammalian cancer patient with a functional immune system an effective amount of TALL-104 cells ATCC Accession No. CRL11386, which cells have been modified by stimulation in vitro by treatment with a cytokine and gamma irradiation at a dose suitable to irreversibly arrest cell proliferationPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007