Appeal No. 1999-1245
Application No. 08/245,282
Swinehart, 439 F.2d 210, 213, 169 USPQ 226, 229 (CCPA 1971); and Ex Parte
Novitski, 26 USPQ2d 1389, 1391 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 1993). The examiner should
determine whether the methods of administering wortmannin analogs of the cited
patents and/or publication describe the claimed method. The examiner should consider
the relevance of the references cited herein, including the potential for interfering
subject matter, to the pending claims, in view of Woodruff, etc.
In addition, the examiner should clarify and provide appropriate support for his
interpretation of the term “modulate” in claim 1.
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