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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PRABHAKARA V. CHOUDARY, ABIODUN A. OGUNJIMI,
and JOHN M. CHANDLER
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Appeal No. 2004-2134
Application No. 09/425,075
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HEARD: February 10, 2005
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Before SCHEINER, ADAMS and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
GREEN, 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 36-39 and 41-50. Claims 36 and 41 are representative of
the subject matter on appeal, and read as follows:
36. A method for production of an antibody that specifically binds an antigen
of interest, the method comprising the steps of:
culturing a recombinant Pichia cell, the cell comprising a vector comprising
a first and second expression cassette, wherein:
said first expression cassette comprises a first promoter operably linked to
a nucleic acid encoding an immunoglobulin light chain operably linked to a first
signal peptide;
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