Singh v. Brake’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. “sequence can encode any of four amino acid sequences: Asp-Pro, Asp-Ala, Glu-Pro, or Glu-Ala, so (GAXYCX) n can encode 341 ( i.e., 4 0 + 4 1 + 4 2 + 4 3 + 4 4 ) different amino acid sequences. Thus, Singh argues that the Brake 1 formula covers 9548 ( i.e., 28 × 341) different species. 6 The Board properly discredited Falkinham's testimony on that point. Paragraph 9 of Falkinham's Declaration states:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Singh v. Brake

2. “the construct, producing a polypeptide having the sequence of amino acids encoded by the DNA. The sequence of the resulting polypeptide, like the DNA encoding it, is divided into three regions: the alpha-factor leader, the spacer sequence including either a lysine-arginine or an arginine-arginine two-amino acid block, and the amino acid sequence of the protein of interest (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Singh v. Brake

3. “Although there was a theoretical presentation of the n=0 construct in the Brake 1 application, there was a clear statement that `n' in the construct was `preferably 2 or 3' (column 3, line 25) or `usually 2 or 3' (column 2, line 68) ... One skilled in the art would have determined from the Brake specification that the n=0 construct was not desirable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Singh v. Brake