Ex Parte DESAI et al - Page 1


                         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                                for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21                 
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                              
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                            BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                    
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                                        Ex parte SURESH DESAI and                                             
                                              JOHN F. HESSEL                                                  
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                                            Appeal No. 2001-1154                                              
                                         Application No. 08/482,579                                           
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                                                 ON BRIEF1                                                    
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                Before WINTERS, ADAMS and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                
                ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                           

                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                      This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                         
                examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 3-11, 13-18 and 20-25, which are all the              
                claims pending in the application.                                                            
                      Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced               
                below:                                                                                        
                      1.     An iodine complex concentrate comprising :                                       
                             (a)   from about 0.5 to about 30% by weight of iodine;                           



                                                                                                              
                1 Appellants waived their request for oral hearing.  Accordingly, we considered this appeal on
                Brief.                                                                                        





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