IN RE ALTON

No. 94-1495.

76 F.3d 1168 (1996)

In re Norman K. ALTON, Mary A. Peters, Yitzhak Tabinsky, and David L. Snitman.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

February 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Borun, Marshall, O'Toole, Gerstein, Murray & Borun, Chicago, Illinois, argued for appellants. With him on the brief was Li-Hsien Rin-Laures. Also on the brief was Steven M. Odre, Thousand Oaks, California. Of counsel were Robert R. Cook and Ron K. Levy, Thousand Oaks, California.

Scott A. Chambers, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, Arlington, Virginia, argued for appellee. With him on the brief were Nancy J. Linck, Solicitor, Albin F. Drost, Deputy Solicitor and Richard Torczon, Associate Solicitor.

Before MICHEL, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SCHALL, Circuit Judge.


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-γ

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