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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SHYAM RAMAKRISHNAN
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Appeal No. 2006-3253
Application No. 10/276,547
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ON BRIEF
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Before SCHEINER, GRIMES, and LINCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to a screening method for identifying candidate
therapeutic agents, which the examiner has rejected for lack of patentable utility. We
have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134. We affirm.
Background
“The family of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) includes receptors for
hormones, neurotransmitters, growth factors, and viruses.” Page 1, lines 16-18. “The
GPCR protein superfamily now contains over 250 types of paralogues, receptors that
represent variants generated by gene duplications . . . , as opposed to orthologues, the
same receptor from different species.” Page 1, lines 26-28.
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