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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 EVANGELYN C. ALOCILJA and ZARINI MUHAMMAD-TAHIR
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Appeal No. 2006-2198
Application No. 10/074,499
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, GRIMES, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to an immunoassay device, which the examiner has
rejected as obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134. We affirm.
Background
The specification states that “[a]ssays based upon conductivity or resistance are
well known. . . . Illustrative published art is Kim et al., Biosensor & Bioelectr[on]ics 14
907, 915 (published in February of 2000). . . . In Kim et al[.], a conductive polymer is
bonded to conductive gold particles, which also serve as a visually detectable reagent,
for a conductimetric assay. None of the prior art uses a capture reagent labeled with a
conductive polymer in a sandwich type assay in the absence of conductive metal
particles.” Pages 1-2.
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