The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVID B. KARPF, THOMAS P. CAPIZZI,
HUI QUAN, ARTHUR C. SANTORA II, and ASHLEY J. YATES
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Appeal No. 1997-1830
Application 08/389,860
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent
Judges,
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1-24, all of the claims pending in the application.
Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:1
1. A method of reducing the risk of vertebral fractures in an
osteoporotic female comprising administering an effective amount of alendronate
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for a substantial period of time.
1 Although Appellants indicate in the Appeal Brief that they filed an amendment after final
rejection, we find nothing in the record to show that such an amendment was filed. Therefore, we
have considered the claims as they appear in the specification.
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