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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GUNARS E. VALKIRS, JEFFREY R. DAHLEN,
HOWARD J. KIRCHICK, and KENNETH F. BUECHLER
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Appeal 2007-0628
Application 10/225,082
Technology Center 1600
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Decided: April 17, 2007
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Before TONI R. SCHEINER, ERIC GRIMES, and
NANCY J. LINCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to a method
of diagnosing stroke, which the Examiner has rejected for lack of adequate
description and obviousness. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
“Stroke can be categorized into two broad types, ‘ischemic stroke’
and ‘hemorrhagic stroke’” (Specification 1). Ischemic stroke is caused by
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