Ex Parte Baker et al - Page 1



                        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                                for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                      
                                                    __________                                                         
                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                       
                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                          
                                                    __________                                                         
                               Ex parte KEVIN P. BAKER, DAVID BOTSTEIN,                                                
                      LUC DESNOYERS, DAN L. EATON, NAPOLEONE FERRARA,                                                  
                  SHERMAN FONG, WEI-QIANG GAO, AUDREY GODDARD, PAUL J.                                                 
                   GODOWSKI, J. CHRISTOPHER GRIMALDI, AUSTIN L. GURNEY,                                                
                        KENNETH J. HILLAN, JAMES PAN, NICHOLAS F. PAONI,                                               
                  MARGARET ANN ROY,VICTORIA SMITH, TIMOTHY A. STEWART,                                                 
                   DANIEL TUMAS, COLIN K. WATANABE, P. MICKEY WILLIAMS,                                                
                                             and WILLIAM I. WOOD                                                       
                                                    __________                                                         
                                                 Appeal 2007-1068                                                      
                                              Application 10/015,394                                                   
                                             Technology Center 1600                                                    
                                                    __________                                                         
                                         DECIDED: May 14, 2007                                                         
                                                    __________                                                         
                 Before TONI R. SCHEINER, ERIC GRIMES, and NANCY J. LINCK,                                             
                 Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                         
                 SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                
                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                        This appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involves claims to antibodies                                
                 directed to a polypeptide designated PRO1760, which the Examiner has                                  
                 rejected for lack of patentable utility, and lack of enablement.  We have                             
                 jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).  We affirm.                                                      



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