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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SANDRA L. GOULD,
DANIEL J. DISTEFANO,
DAVID K. ROBINSON, and
T. CRAIG SEAMANS
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Appeal No. 2002-2284
Application No. 09/176,492
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, MILLS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 3, which are all the claims pending in
the application.
Claims 1 and 3 are reproduced below:
1. A Serum-free media for the production of rotavirus selected from the
group consisting of LPKM-1, LPKM-2 and LPKM-3[1].
3. A method of producing a vaccine against rotavirus comprising,
a) growing Vero cells in a media of Claim 1;
1 The ingredients of each of LPKM-1, LPKM-2 and LPKM-3 are set forth in Table 1 of the
specification.
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