Ex Parte SHEPARD et al - Page 14

                  Appeal No. 1999-1433                                                                                                                    
                  Application 08/453,852                                                                                                                  
                saponin, alum and the like.”  Id., col. 7, lines 20-24.                                                                                   
                          Here, we direct attention to our discussions above wherein we hold that the                                                     
                examiner has not met her burden of establishing that the inventions described in claims                                                   
                1, 2, 4 and 14 would have been obvious in view of the teachings of Kato, Beutler,                                                         
                Staruch and Bachwich.  Thus, we agree with the appellants that the teachings of Riggs                                                     
                and Cohen do not rectify the deficiencies of the primary references.                                                                      
                          Accordingly, Rejections VI-IX are reversed.                                                                                     
                          No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal                                                  
                may be extended under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136(a).                                                                                               
                                                              AFFIRMED-IN-PART                                                                            




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                Genentech, Inc.                                                                                                                           
                Diane L. Marschang                                                                                                                        
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