Appeal 2007-2448
Application 10/192,352
substrate along at least some of the inscriptions to form a
plurality of individual biochips with assembled bead arrays
thereon.
Thus, claim 2 is directed to a method for producing chips having
biomolecule-bearing beads on their surfaces. A substrate is first inscribed to
form a pattern of chip regions. Arrays of differently optically encoded
biomolecule-bearing beads are assembled on the patterned substrate. The
substrate is broken along at least some of the inscriptions to form chips
having bead arrays on them.
2. PRIOR ART
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Turner US 5,948,621 Sep. 7, 1999
Goldberg US 5,959,098 Sep. 28, 1999
Kobylecki US 6,153,375 Nov. 28, 2000
Anderson US 6,713,309 B1 Mar. 20, 2004
Clerc, P-A et al., Advanced deep reactive ion etching: a versatile tool
for microelectromechanical systems, 8 J. Micromech. Microeng. 272-78
(December 1998).
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN PHYSICAL ORGANIC
CHEMISTRY, IUPAC Recommendations 1994, T to Z,
http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/gtpoc/TtZ.html.
3. ANTICIPATION
Claims 2 and 26-29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
anticipated by Kobylecki (Answer 3-6).1
1 The Examiner also relied on the “GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN
PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, IUPAC Recommendations 1994” to
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