The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN W. DOHNER, SCOTT A. BURA
and RICHARD E. FORD
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Appeal No. 2001-1235
Application No. 08/951,9431
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ON BRIEF
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Before: TORCZON, SPIEGEL and GARDNER-LANE, Administrative Patent Judges.
SPIEGEL, 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 through 26, which are all of the claims pending in this application.
Claims 1-4, 8, 9 and 26 are illustrative and read as follows:
1. An improved method for manufacturing delivery devices for the
transdermal administration of a liquid drug capable of forming a crystalline
structure, the method comprising:
a) heating, to a predetermined temperature, each individual film or
laminate of a transdermal delivery device which comprises a dispersion of
said liquid drug in a matrix immediately following film formation or
lamination;
b) maintaining each film or laminate at the desired temperature for
1 Application for patent filed October 17, 1997. According to appellants, this application is a
continuation of application 08/566,228, filed December 1, 1995, now abandoned.
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