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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RALPH D. YODER and RONALD E. STROHBEHN
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Appeal No. 2004-06471
Application No. 09/941,965
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.
SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of
claims 1-7, the only claims remaining. Claims 1 and 4-6 are representative:
1. A treated and isolated IgG fraction, comprising: acid hydrolyzed IgG fraction
which has been heated for from 15 minutes to 1 hour at a temperature of from 35°C to
40°C, and thereafter neutralized, centrifuged and decanted.
4. The treated and isolated IgG fraction of claim 1 which has a molecular weight
of about 55,000.
5. The treated and isolated IgG fraction of claim 1 wherein the IgG fraction is
derived from the sources selected from the group consisting of bovine or porcine blood
or colostrum, egg or whey.
6. The treated and isolated IgG fraction of claim 5 wherein the IgG is derived
from bovine blood.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
1 As a preliminary matter, we note that this appeal is related to an appeal in
application serial no. 09/772,603 (Appeal No. 2004-0646). We have considered the
two appeals together.
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