Appeal No. 2003-0998 Page 2
Application No. 08/676,143
or more groups to which oligomers are attached, and (c)
monocyclic heterocycles substituted with two or more groups to
which oligomers are attached, said oligomers chosen
independently from the group consisting of straight chained, cyclic
and branched oligoamide, oligourea, oligourethane,
oligosulfonamide, and peptide oligomers, said oligomers
comprising three or more monomers, with the proviso that
receptors containing only subunits of trimesic acid and
1,2 diaminocyclohexane are excluded.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Lebl et al. (Lebl) 5,840,485 Nov. 24, 1998
Claims 25, 31, 36, and 39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as lacking an adequate written description in the specification.
Claims 25-33, 35, 36, 39, 42, 43, and 73-75 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as nonenabled.
Claims 25-32 and 73 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
anticipated by Lebl.
We reverse all of the rejections.
Background
“Receptors are molecules which selectively interact with other molecules.”
Specification, page 1. The specification discloses “synthetic receptor(s) which
comprises [sic] a polyfunctional organic template covalently linked to two or more
oligomers which may independently be the same or different and may
independently be straight chain, cyclic or branched.” Page 3.
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