Ex Parte Cooper et al

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Jul 24, 2008

10172459 (B.P.A.I. Jul. 24, 2008)

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVID K.C. COOPER and EUGEN KOREN
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Appeal 2007-4134
Application 10/172,459
Technology Center 1600
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Decided: July 24, 2008
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Before DALE M. SHAW Chief Appeals Administrator.

SHAW Chief Appeals Administrator.

ORDER REMANDING TO THE EXAMINER
On January 2, 2007, Appellants filed a Substitute Appeal Brief. On
pages 33-37 of the Brief, under the heading of “Evidence Appendix,”
Appellants list numerous references submitted as evidence. However, a
review of the Evidence Appendix reveals that the following listed references
have not been submitted with the Appeal Brief:
Rieben, et al., Xenotransplantation, 2:98-106 (1995)
Yeatman, et al., Transplantation, 65(8):1084-1093 (1998) (abstract)
Vanhove, et al., Transplantation, 66(11):1477-1485 (1998) (abstract)
Strokan, et al., Xenotransplantation, 5(2):111-121 (1998) (abstract)
Piedrahita, et al., Biol. Reprod., 58(5):1321-1329 (1998) (abstract)

Appeal 2007-4134
Application 10/172,459

Piedrahita, et al., J. Reprod. Fertil. Suppl., 52:245-254 (1997)
(abstract)
PUBMED results (11 abstracts from 1988-1992) illustrating the
general knowledge of those skilled in the art of making transgenic pigs.
Appellants are required to submit these missing references to
complete the Evidence Appendix.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that this application is remanded to the Examiner to notify
Appellants to submit copies of the missing reference identified above, to
have the references electronically scanned into the Image File Wrapper
(IFW), and for such further action as may be appropriate.

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