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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SAARA MARJATTA SOFIA TOTTERMAN,
JOSE TAMEZ-PENA, EDWARD ASHTON, and KEVIN J. PARKER
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Appeal No. 2005-2414
Application No. 10/241,763
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, BLANKENSHIP, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 26.
The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus for assessing a
cancerous tissue in a patient by identifying at least one biomarker of the cancerous tissue
in at least one three-dimensional image of a region of interest of the patient, deriving at
least one quantitative measurement of the at least one biomarker and storing the results.
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