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                  Appeal No.  1997-2744                                                                                         
                  Application No.  08/243,520                                                                                   
                  guidance as to the expectation of success of such a use for IGF-1.”  Absent a                                 
                  reasonable expectation of success, the examiner’s rejection cannot be sustained.                              
                          Accordingly, we reverse the examiner’s rejection of claim 1-12 under      35                          
                  U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Isgaard in view of Mueller.                                                      

                                                        REVERSED                                                                



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                  Michael W. Glynn                                                                                              
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