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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte LEE MAKOWSKI, DIANE R. MAKOWSKI, and HITESH J. SANGANEE
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Appeal No. 2002-0796
Application No. 09/110,994
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ON BRIEF
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Before MILLS, GRIMES, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
GREEN, 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 1-18. Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on
appeal, and reads as follows:
1. A process for the identification of a protein which binds to a ligand, the
ligand having a molecular weight which is less than 5,000 Daltons and being
other than a nucleic acid, peptide or protein, the process comprising:
screening the ligand against a peptide or protein library, wherein the
library comprises genetic packages which physically link each peptide or protein
member of the library to a nucleic acid polymer which encodes that member,
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