Legal Opinion
In Re Norman K. Alton, Mary A. Peters, Yitzhak Tabinsky, and David L. Snitman
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 5, 1996No. 94-1495PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHALL, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Norman K. Alton, et al. (“Alton”), appeal the ruling of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“Board”) in Appeal No. 94-3098. In its decision, the Board held that the specification of application serial number 06/483,451 (“the ’451 application”) did not provide adequate written descriptive support for the amino acid sequence of human gamma interferon (“IFN-y”) described in claim 70. We vacate the decision and remand the ease to the Board for further proceedings.
BACKGROUND
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IFN-y is a protein secreted by cells…
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