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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHANNES W. HOFSTRAAT, JAN W. VERHOEVEN, and MARIJN GOES
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Appeal No. 2004-0351
Application No. 09/463,277
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, PAK, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-6 which are all of the claims remaining in the
application.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a non-fluorescent
label which is suitable for making a charge-transfer fluorescent
probe having a donor-bridge-acceptor structure. The label
comprises a maleimide moiety and a donor-bridge-acceptor
structure wherein the bridge is an 8-azabicyclo [3,2,1] octane
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