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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
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 D. COOK and
HAOYUN AN
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Appeal No. 2002-0798
Application No. 09/107,688
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal was taken from the examiner's decision rejecting claims 13, 23
through 26, 29, and 30, which are all of the claims pending in the application.
The Invention
The present invention relates to a method for preparing complex chemical
libraries. The method comprises reacting a mixture of at least four chemical reactive
compounds with at least one scaffold moiety to provide a mixture of reaction products.
The scaffold moiety of the reaction products is then transformed to alter at least one of
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