The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SAMUEL EDWARD MARMON, ELISHA SEIDAH WAZEERUD-DIN, and BRETT PETER SAMUELS __________ Appeal No. 2004-1583 Application No. 09/760,962 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before PAK, OWENS, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2004) from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 28, 29, and 32 through 45, which are all of the claims pending in the above- identified application.1 1 In reply to the final Office action mailed Feb. 20, 2003 (paper 6), the appellants submitted a 37 CFR § 1.116 (2003)(effective Feb. 5, 2001) amendment on May 8, 2003 (paperPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007