Ex parte RIESS et al. - Page 1




                                     THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                         
                  The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication                                          
                  in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                         
                                                                                                                     Paper No. 16                         
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                          
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                           
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                             
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                                                          Ex parte GUNTHER RIESS,                                                                         
                                                              GERHARD SEIBERT                                                                             
                                                             and UDO HEDTMANN                                                                             
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                                                             Appeal No. 1997-2742                                                                         
                                                             Application 08/348,815                                                                       
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                                                                     ON BRIEF                                                                             
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                  Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                               
                  WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   

                                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                            
                           This appeal was taken from the examiner’s decision rejecting claims 7 through 12,                                              
                  which are all of the claims remaining in the application.                                                                               
                           Claims 7 and 9, which are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal, read as follows:                                       
                           7.  A treatment method for controlling H. pylori infection which comprises administering                                       
                  to a patient in need of such treatment an effective amount of moenomycin or a derivative                                                
                  thereof.                                                                                                                                
                           9.  A pharmaceutical composition which comprises effective amounts of moenomycin                                               






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