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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CARL JOHAN FRIDDLE,
ERIN HILBUN,
BRENDA GERHARDT and
C. ALEXANDER TURNER JR.
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Appeal No. 2005-0731
Application No. 09/974,712
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ADAMS, 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 1-3 and 5, all of the claims remaining. Claim 3 is representative and
reads as follows:
3. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that
encodes the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Bork (Bork I), “Go hunting in sequence databases but watch out for the traps,” TIG, Vol.
12, No.10, pp. 425-427 (1996)
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