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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JACK A. MAGGIORE
and BARBARA R. GRZEDA
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Appeal 2006-2897
Application 10/074,715
Technology Center 1600
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ON BRIEF
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Before SCHEINER, GRIMES, and LINCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
LINCK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final
rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) of the pending claims in the above-
identified application, filed Feb. 13, 2002 and assigned to BioSafe Medical
Technologies, Inc. We affirm.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
The field of the claimed invention “relates to compositions and
methods for stabilizing . . . biological fluid samples for analysis of protein
analytes.” Specification (Spec.) at 1, ll. 5-7. “Biological fluid specimens are
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