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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DANIELA SANTOLI,
GIOVANNI ROVERA, and
ALESSANDRA CESANO
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Appeal No. 2001-2411
Application No. 08/879,422
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ON BRIEF
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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 proliferation
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