The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte IAN HOLMGREN and ANN-MARI SVENNERHOLM ___________ Appeal No. 1999-2634 Application No. 08/108,606 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges. MILLS, 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 7-11 and 13-19, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 are illustrative of the claims on appeal and read as follows: 7. A method for producing a formalin-killed E. coli bacterial strain for use in a vaccine against enteric infection caused by E. coli bacteria in humans comprising the steps of: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007