Appeal No. 2002-0616 Page 8
Application No. 08/693,052
In addition, the examiner appears to be asserting, that the teaching of a
specific combination of adjuvants, such as those taught by Gupta, Richards and
Masihi, would render obvious any combination of adjuvants. However, a broad
disclosure of a genus does not render any species that falls within it obvious.
See In re Jones, 958 F.2d 347, 350, 21 USPQ2d 1941, 1943 (Fed. Cir. 1992); In
re Baird, 16 F.3d 380, 382-83, 29 USPQ2d 1550, 1552 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
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