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                         The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for                                                   
                                         publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                           

                                                                                                                 Paper No. 20                             

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                          
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                           
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                             
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                           Ex parte ALLEN E. GOODSHIP, PETER WALKER, DONAL S. McNALLY,                                                                    
                                         TIMOTHY J. CHAMBERS, and JONATHAN GREEN                                                                          
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                                                             Appeal No. 1997-2751                                                                         
                                                          Application No. 08/159,096                                                                      
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                                                                     ON BRIEF                                                                             
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                      Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, MILLS, 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 -14, all of the claims pending in the application.  All of                                              
                      the claims are drawn to a method of treating bone fractures in mammals by                                                           
                      administering one of a class of diphosphonate compounds.                                                                            










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