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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RICHARD S. KALISH
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Appeal No. 2002-1355
Application No. 08/907,783
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, GRIMES, and GREEN, 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, 3-15, 18-23, 25, 27-44, 47-52, and 54, all of the claims
remaining. Claim 1 is representative and reads as follows:
1. A method for screening a test compound for the ability of the
test compound to induce a response from human naive T-cells, the
method comprising:
obtaining a sample of human blood, wherein the sample of
human blood contains human naive T cells and
macrophages/monocytes;
admixing the sample of human blood with immortalized B
cells lacking class I and class II major histocompatibility antigens
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