The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 43 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JEAN PLOUET, FREDERIC JONICA, NATALIE ORTEGA and MARIE-MAGDALEINE RUCHOUX __________ Appeal No. 2004-0291 Application No. 09/091,561 __________ HEARD: May 18, 2004 __________ 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 25-30 and 32-35. Claims 18-24 and 31, also pending in this application, have been withdrawn from consideration. Claim 25 is illustrative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows: 25. Anti-idiotypic vascular endothelial growth factor antibody, said antibody being a ligand of the human KDR receptor or of the murine flk-1 and not a ligand of flt.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007