Ex Parte Donoho et al - Page 1




                           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                                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GREGORY DONOHO,                                                     
                                   ERIN HILBUN, C. ALEXANDER TURNER JR.,                                               
                                 ALEJANDRO ABUIN, BRIAN ZAMBROWICZ, and                                                
                                                ARTHUR T. SANDS                                                        
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                                               Appeal No. 2003-1794                                                    
                                             Application No. 09/804,969                                                
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                          
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                 Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, 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 8 and 10, all of the claims remaining.  Claims 8 and 10                     
                 read as follows:                                                                                      
                        8.     An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide                             
                               sequence of SEQ ID NO:14.                                                               
                        10.    An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding the amino acid                               
                               sequence described in SEQ ID NO:15.                                                     







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