United States Federal Circuit

Plaintiffs unsuccessfully appeal the rejection of their claims for a patent application on grounds that plaintiffs did not describe the genetic material with sufficient specificity and the examiner did not err in finding that their application does not provide an adequate written description for the claimed subject matter.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/11/2004
• Published 08/11/2004

Judges

• LOURIE, Circuit Judge., Before MAYER, Chief Judge, LOURIE and GAJARSA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Roger L. Browdy, Browdy and Neimark, P.L.L.C., of Washington, DC, argued for appellants., Mary L. Kelly, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Arlington, VA, argued for the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.   With her on the brief were John M. Whealan, Solicitor;  and Raymond T. Chen, Associate Solicitor.   Of counsel were Stephen Walsh and William LaMarca, Associate Solicitors.