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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YUEJIN SUN, BRIAN R. DILKES, BRIAN A. LARKINS,
KEITH S. LOWE, WILLIAM J. GORDON-KAMM
and RICARDO A. DANTE
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Appeal No. 2003-1993
Application No. 09/470,526
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, MILLS and GRIMES, 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 2-11, 31, 33 and 35-36 which are the claims on appeal in this
application. Claims 14, 32 and 37 have been allowed.
Claim 31 is illustrative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:
31. An isolated wee1 nucleic acid comprising a member selected from the group
consisting of:
(a) a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2.;
(b) a wee1 polynucleotide having at least 80% identity to the entire coding region of
SEQ ID NO:1;
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