The opinion in support of the decision entered today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board
Paper No. 54
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ANTONIO MOLINAR, MARCO GERNA, CARLA GIORGETTI,
JACQUELINE LANSEN, and ROMEO RONCUCCI
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Appeal No. 2001-1730
Application No. 08/603,182
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, ADAMS, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 22-26, which are all the claims pending in the
application.
Claims 22 and 24 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and are
reproduced below:
22. An immunogen consisting essentially of a set of hirudin polymers being
devoid of any heterologous carrier protein and having sufficient
immunogenicity, in the absence of conjugation to said carrier protein, to
elicit an antibody which binds specifically to a natural or recombinant
hirudin, and, the majority of said polymers having at least three monomer
units, said monomers selected from the group consisting of HV1 (SEQ.
ID NO:1), HV2 (SEQ. ID NO:2), and HV3(SEQ. ID NO:3).
24. A method of making an immunogen according to claim 22, consisting
essentially of polymerizing said monomers of hirudin under conditions
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