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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PHILLIP DAN COOK, MUTHIAH MANOHARAN,
and CHARLES J. GUINOSSO
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Appeal No. 2001-2643
Application No. 08/117,363
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ADAMS, 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 1-29, all of the claims remaining. Claim 1 is
representative and reads as follows:
1. A compound comprising a plurality of linked nucleosides, wherein:
each nucleoside includes a pentofuranosyl sugar portion and a
base portion; and
at least one of said nucleosides bears at a 2’-O- position, a 3’-O-
position, or a 5’-O- position a terminal substituent having formula:
-RA-N(R1a)(R1b)
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