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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JENNIFER L. HILLMAN and SURYA K. GOLI
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Appeal 2006-3288
Application 10/316,761
Technology Center 1600
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DECIDED: May 16, 2007
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Before TONI R. SCHEINER, DONALD E. ADAMS, and LORA M. GREEN,
Administrative Patent Judges.
SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to antibodies specific for a human
pancreatitis-associated (PAP) protein, termed PAP-2. The Examiner has
rejected the claims as anticipated and obvious. We have jurisdiction under
35 U.S.C. § 134. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
“The reg/PSP multigene family comprises genes encoding secretory
proteins which are expressed in the pancreas” (Specification 2: 9-10), and
“include[s] genes encoding pancreatitis-associated proteins (PAPs), which
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