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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROGER COLEMAN, JANICE AU-YOUNG,
OLGA BANDMAN, and JEFFREY J. SEILHAMER
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Appeal No. 2005-1422
Application No. 09/997,522
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ON BRIEF1
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Before SCHEINER, ADAMS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 3-7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 57 and 58. Claims 1, 14-
16, 28, 29, 46, 47 and 56, the only remaining pending claims, are withdrawn from
consideration as drawn to non-elected subject matter.
Claims 3, 4, 6, 9 and 12 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and
are reproduced below:
3. An isolated polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide selected from the group
consisting of:
a) a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID
NO:2,
1 Appellants waived their request for oral hearing. Paper received September 13, 2005.
Accordingly, we considered this appeal on Brief.
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