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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 STEPHEN P. EISENBERG, CASEY C. CASE
GEORGE N. COX III, ANDREW JAMIESON
and EDWARD J. REBAR
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Appeal No. 2006-0189
Application No. 09/825,242
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ON BRIEF
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Before MILLS, GRIMES, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to a method of designing and making a zinc finger
protein that binds to a selected target site, which the examiner has rejected as obvious.
We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134. We reverse.
Background
“Zinc finger proteins (ZFPs) are proteins that can bind to DNA in a sequence-
specific manner. . . . A single finger domain is about 30 amino acids in length. . . . To
date, over 10,000 zinc finger sequences have been identified in several thousand
known or putative transcription factors.” Specification, page 1.
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