Appeal No. 2001-1020 Page ~PAGE ~1~
Application No. 09/063,524
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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SYED M. SHAH, PANOLIL RAVEENDRANATH,
and MICHAEL Z. KAGAN
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Appeal No. 2001-1020
Application No. 09/063,524
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, 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 1-3, 17, and 18. Claims 1 and 17 are representative and
read as follows:
1. A compound which is a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of
3J-hydroxy-5,7,9-estratriene-17-one 3-sulfate ester.
17. A pharmaceutical composition consisting essentially of 3J-
hydroxy-5,7,9-estratriene-17-one or a pharmaceutically
acceptable salt of its 3-sulfate ester and a pharmaceutical
carrier.
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