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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BENJAMIN GRAEME COCKS, JANICE AU-YOUNG
and JEFFREY J. SEILHAMER
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Appeal No. 2002-0870
Application No. 09/208,2061
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of
claims 6 and 23.2
Claim 6 is representative:
6. A purified polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the
group consisting of
a) an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2,
b) a naturally-occurring amino acid sequence found in humans and having at
least 90% sequence identity to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, and,
c) an antigenically-active fragment of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.
DISCUSSION
1 Application for patent filed December 9, 1998. According to appellants, this
application is a divisional of application serial no. 08/602,208, filed February 15, 1996,
now U.S. Patent 5,866,332.
2 Claims 11, 13, 19, 21 and 22 are also pending; claims 11, 13 and 19 have been
withdrawn from consideration, while claims 21 and 22 stand objected to.
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