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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MONTY KRIEGER,
ANNE BRAUN and HELENA E. MIETTINEN
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Appeal No. 2006-1993
Application No. 10/147,651
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HEARD: August 8, 2006
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Before ADAMS, MILLS, and GREEN, 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 1-8 and 10-16. Claims 1 and 13 are representative of the
claims on appeal, and read as follows:
1. A method for identifying compounds for treating or
preventing atherosclerosis or cardiovascular disease comprising
administering compounds that may have an effect on
disorders selected from the group consisting of cardiac fibrosis,
myocardial infarction, defects in electrical conductance,
atherosclerosis, unstable plaque, and stroke to a mouse having
decreased expression of active SR-BI and Apo-E wherein the
mouse develops atherosclerotic plaque in the aortic sinuses and
progressive heart block and
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