The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SAMY ASHKAR and JAIRO SALCEDO
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Appeal 2007-1623
Application 09/981,845
Technology Center 1600
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Decided: September 14, 2007
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Before ERIC GRIMES, NANCY J. LINCK, and
RICHARD M. LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to peptides.
The Examiner has rejected the claims as nonenabled. We have jurisdiction
under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We affirm in part.
BACKGROUND
“The primary challenges faced in the fabrication of new endosseous
implants are to increase the rate of osseointegration and the percentage of
bone apposition. . . . The interaction between the titanium oxide layer of
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