The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TIMOTHY A. STEWART, and YANMEI LU __________ Appeal No. 2003-1417 Application No. 09/298,404 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. GRIMES, 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 60-73 and 76-84, all of the claims remaining. Claims 60- 62 are representative and read as follows: 60. An antibody which specifically binds to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1. 61. An antibody which specifically binds to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3. 62. An antibody which specifically binds to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:5.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007