The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 Herbert F. Cattell and Glenda C. Delenstarr
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Appeal No. 2006-0673
Application No. 09/919,555
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, BARRY, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
A patent examiner rejected claims 1, 2, 4-16, and 45-54. The appellants appeal
therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal concerns the manufacture of biopolymer arrays.
(Spec., p. 1, ll. 6-7.) Biopolymer arrays of peptides or polynucleotides (e.g., DNA or
RNA) are used as diagnostic or screening tools. Such an array includes regions (i.e.,
"features" or "spots") of usually different sequence biopolymers arranged on a
substrate. When exposed to a sample, the array will exhibit a pattern of binding
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