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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 76
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GARY F. BLACKBURN, CHARLES DURFOR,
MICHAEL J. POWELL, and RICHARD J. MASSEY
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Appeal No. 2003-0480
Application No. 08/090,245
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, ADAMS, and GREEN, 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 83-90, which are all the claims pending in the
application.
Claims 83, 85, 86 and 88 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal
and are reproduced below:
83. A method for detecting physical or chemical changes in an
environment wherein said changes are the result of a chemical
reaction taking place therein in which at least one reactant is
converted to at least one product, which method comprises:
(a) contacting said reactant with a catalytically active antibody or
fragment thereof which is capable of catalyzing a chemical
reaction, whereby said chemical reaction occurs in said
environment, said antibody or fragment thereof being
immobilized on a surface of, or on a surface associated with, a
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