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is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MONTY KRIEGER
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Appeal 2007-4148
Application 09/148,012
Technology Center 1600
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Decided: September 25, 2007
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Before TONI R. SCHEINER, DONALD E. ADAMS, and ERIC GRIMES,
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 inhibiting pregnancy or treating steroid-related diseases. The Examiner
has rejected the claims as nonenabled and lacking an adequate description in
the Specification. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
“Scavenger receptors mediate the endocytosis of chemically modified
lipoproteins, such as acetylated LDL (AcLDL)” (Specification 2). “Hamster
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