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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GEORGE NORBERT COX III, CASEY CHRISTOPHER CASE,
STEPHEN P. EISENBERG, ERIC EDWARD JARVIS and
SHARON KAYE SPRATT
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Appeal No. 2006-1270
Application No. 10/222,614
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ON BRIEF
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Before GRIMES, GREEN, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
GREEN, 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 114, 116 and 119-124, all of the pending claims. Claims
114 and 120-124 are representative of the claims on appeal, and read as follows:
114. A cell comprising first and second engineered zinc finger proteins, where
each of the zinc finger proteins further comprises an endonuclease or functional
fragment thereof, and further wherein:
(a) the first protein binds to a first target site; and
(b) the second protein binds to a second target site.
120. The cell of claim 114, wherein the cell is an animal cell.
121. The cell of claim 120, wherein the cell is a mammalian cell.
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