Ex Parte Lawton et al - Page 1




                          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                                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROBERT LAWTON, THOMAS PATRICK O=CONNOR, JR.,                                           
                             BARBARA ANN BARTOL, and PAUL SCOTT MACHENRY                                               
                                                     __________                                                        
                                               Appeal No. 2005-1593                                                    
                                             Application No. 10/054,647                                                
                                                     __________                                                        


                                                     ON BRIEF                                                          
                                                     __________                                                        
              Before MILLS, GRIMES and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                            
              MILLS,  Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                     

                                         ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING                                                      
                     This is a decision on appellants= request for rehearing of our earlier decision                   
              entered December 23, 2005, wherein we affirmed the examiner=s final rejection of                         
              claims 1 through 13 under 35 U.S.C. ' 102 as unpatentable over Rikihisa.   Decision,                     
              pages 15-18.                                                                                             
                     Claim 1 is illustrative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:                             
                     1.  A composition of matter comprising an isolated polypeptide consisting                         
              essentially of SEQ ID NO:2 or a phenotypically silent amino acid substitution variant                    
              thereof that specifically binds to an anti-Ehrlichia antibody.                                           







Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007