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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 76
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WAYNE R. THOMAS and KAW-YAN CHUA
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Appeal No. 2004-0735
Application No. 08/081,540
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ON BRIEF1
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Before WINTERS, ADAMS, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 47-49, which are all the claims pending in the application.
Claims 47-49 are reproduced below:
47. An isolated nucleic acid encoding a peptide comprising at least one
epitope recognized by a T or a B cell receptor specific for a Der p VII
protein allergen comprising the amino acid sequence shown in Figure
3 (SEQ ID NO: 2).
48. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 47, wherein the epitope is a T cell
epitope.
49. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 47, wherein the epitope is a B cell
epitope.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
1 Appellants waived their request for oral hearing. Paper No. 75, received March 17, 2004.
Accordingly, we considered this appeal on Brief.
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