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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHAEL W. LONG and KENNETH G. MANN
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Appeal No. 2002-0766
Application No. 08/793,053
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, 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 89 and 91-100, all of the claims remaining. Claim 89 is
representative and reads as follows:
89. A method for identifying a subject at risk of developing an age-related
bone disorder, comprising the steps of:
obtaining a population of cells from said subject that includes bone
precursor cells;
enriching said population of cells for human bone precursor cells; and
quantifying the amount of osteocalcin or osteonectin expressed by
said bone precursor cells,
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