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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRETT P. MONIA, LEX M. COWSERT,
and MUTHIAH MANOHARAN
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Appeal No. 2003-0554
Application No. 09/575,554
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, GRIMES, 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 1 and 7-20, which are all the claims pending
in the application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
1. An oligonucleotide 8 to 30 nucleotides in length which is targeted to a
nucleic acid encoding human Ki-ras, wherein said oligonucleotide is
capable of inhibiting Ki-ras expression, and wherein said
oligonucleotide comprides at least an 8-nucleobase portion of SEQ ID
NO: 20, 21, 22, 26, 28, 31, 32 or 33.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
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