Appeal 2007-1824 Application 10/639,718 Barry Schweitzer, “Immunoassays with Rolling Circle DNA amplification: A versatile platform for ultrasensitive antigen detection,” PNAS, 97(18), 10113-10119 (2000). Lahiri US 2002/0019015 A1 Feb. 14, 2002 Matray US 6,649,351 Nov. 18, 2003 The rejections as presented by the Examiner are as follows: 1. Claims 1-15, 18, and 43-51 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the combination of Lahiri, Matray, and Jordan. 2. Claims 16, 17, 50, and 51 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the combination of Lahiri, Matray, Jordan, and Schweitzer. We affirm. DISCUSSION Claims 1-15, 18, and 43-51 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the combination of Lahiri, Matray, and Jordan. The claims have not been argued separately and therefore stand or fall together. 37 C.F.R. § 41.37(c)(1)(vii). Therefore, we limit our discussion to representative claim 1. Claim 1 is directed to a method for identifying or evaluating target compounds capable of modulating ligand-receptor interactions. The method comprises four steps: a) providing a plurality of receptor microspots on a substrate to form an array; b) preparing a cocktail solution of labeled ligands; c) contacting the array with the cocktail solution in the presence of a target compound; and 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
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