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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KATHERINE BECKER and
JOHN SCOTT
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Appeal No. 2001-0692
Application No. 09/163,572
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, GRIMES, and GREEN, 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 1-4, 8-10, 13-33, 36, and 37, all of the claims remaining.
Claims 1, 9, and 23 are representative and read as follows:
1. A method of simultaneously testing a plurality of compounds for
activity in a screen which is a biological assay to determine the
biological activity of the compounds comprising the steps of:
(a) placing a plurality of the compounds into at least two arrays,
each having a plurality of test zones, with multiple
compounds in each zone and at least one identical
compound in at least two arrays;
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