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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TIMOTHY W. NILSEN, HUGH D. ROBERTSON,
and THOMAS J. KINDT
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Appeal No. 2003-1792
Application No. 09/434,598
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.
MILLS, 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 34-37which are all of the claims pending in this application.
Claim 37 is illustrative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:
37. A set of affector oligomers for specifically reducing the expression of an
RNA molecule of interest, wherein each oligomer is an external guide sequence
specifically guiding cleavage of an RNA molecule of interest by RNAse P under in vivo
conditions, wherein each oligomer is targeted to a site on the RNA molecule of interest,
or to a site in a portion of a first reporter gene encoding the RNA molecule of interest,
wherein the oligomers collectively are targeted to all or a substantial number of the
accessible sites in the RNA molecule of interest as identified by
(a) introducing into cells a set of nucleic acid molecules,
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