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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 PAUL C. ANDERSON, PAUL S. CHOMET,
MATTHEW C. GRIFFOR, and ALAN L. KRIZ
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Appeal No. 2006-0102
Application No. 09/732,439
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ON BRIEF
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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 59-63, 72 and 73. The only remaining claims,
claims 64-71 and 74-96 were withdrawn from consideration as drawn to a non-
elected invention.
Claims 59 and 61 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and are
reproduced below:
59. A transformed monocot plant, which plant is substantially tolerant or
resistant to a reduction in water availability, the cells of which
comprise a recombinant DNA segment comprising a preselected DNA
segment encoding an enzyme which catalyzes the synthesis of the
osmoprotectant proline, wherein the enzyme is expressed in an
amount effective to confer tolerance or resistance to the transformed
plant to a reduction in water availability.
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