Appeal No. 99-0230
Application No. 08/396,277
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner
finally rejecting claims 1-3 and 6-12, which constitute all of
the claims remaining of record in the application.
The appellants’ invention is directed to an apparatus and
method for delivering an aerosol drug to the respiratory
system of a patient. The claims on appeal have been
reproduced in an appendix to the Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Edgar et al. (Edgar) 4,677,975 Jul. 7,
1987
Snook et al. (Snook) 4,938,212 Jul. 3,
1990
Henry (European Application) 461,281 Dec. 18,
1991
Murray et al. Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, Volume 1,
Second Edition, 1988, pp. 361-362 (the textbook)
THE REJECTIONS
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