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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SE-JIN LEE, THANH HUYNH
and SUZANNE SEBALD
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Appeal No. 2005-2385
Application No. 09/485,045
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ON BRIEF
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Before SCHEINER, MILLS, and GRIMES Administrative Patent Judges.
MILLS, 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 2, 4-11 and 53-55. Claim 2 is representative and reads as follows:
2. An isolated polynucleotide sequence encoding the growth differentiation
factor -16 (GDF-16) polypeptide as set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.
The reference cited by the examiner is:
J. Massagué (Massagué), “TGF-β Signal Transduction,” Ann. Rev. Biochem., Vol. 67,
pp. 753-791 (1998)
The references cited by the appellants are:
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