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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ALI IBRAHIM FATTOM,
RAMESH K SOOD, and SARA E. SHEPHERD
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Appeal No. 2002-1545
Application No. 08/949,757
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, MILLS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1-6, 27, 31-39 and 42.1 Claims 1 and 36 are
representative of the subject matter on appeal, and read as follows:
1. An isolated Enterococcus faecalis antigen comprising 2-acetamido-2-
deoxy-glucose, rhamnose, glucose and 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-
1 Note that the claims were subject to an election of species, and the claims were
examined to the extent they read on the species drawn to am Enterococcus
faecalis antigen comprising rhamnose and acetamido-deoxyglucose in a 1:2
molar ratio. See Paper No. 13. Thus, this opinion reaches only the elected
species.
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