The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte XUANCHUAN YU, and C. ALEXANDER TURNER JR. __________ Appeal No. 2004-1761 Application No. 10/044,807 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. GRIMES, 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 1-4, all of the claims in the application. Claims 1 and 2 are representative and read as follows: 1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. 2. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2. The examiner does not rely on any references.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007