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               Appeal No. 2006-0274                                                                                                  
               Application No. 09/415,890                                                                                            
               aqueous secondary solvent;                                                                                            
               (c) removing more than 50% of the dipolar aprotic solvent and/or acid and aqueous                                     
               secondary solvent; and                                                                                                
               (d) reconstituting the solvent vehicle by the addition of a pharmaceutically acceptable                               
               aqueous solvent.                                                                                                      
                       99.  The method of claim 97, further comprising the step of dissolving pimaricin in                           
               said dipolar aprotic solvent and/or acid prior to mixing in a pharmaceutically acceptable                             
               aqueous secondary solvent.                                                                                            
                       116.  The method of claim 97, wherein said secondary solvent                                                  
               comprises aqueous lipid emulsion, water, saline solution, dextrose solution, glacial                                  
               acetic acid, or lipid solution.                                                                                       
                       117.    The method of claim 116, wherein said secondary solvent                                               
               comprises an aqueous lipid emulsion.                                                                                  
                       119.   The method of claim 117, wherein said aqueous lipid emulsion comprises                                 
               an aqueous soy bean lipid emulsion.                                                                                   
                       133.  The method of claim 97, wherein said solvent vehicle comprises anhydrous                                
               N,N-dimethylacetamide and aqueous liquid.                                                                             
                       The prior art references cited by the examiner are:                                                           
               Janoff    6,406,713    June 18, 2002                                                                                  
               Szoka    5,277,914    Jan. 11,  1994                                                                                  


               Grounds of Rejection                                                                                                  
                       I.  Claims 97, 99, 116, 117 and 119 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §102(e) over                               
               Janoff.                                                                                                               
                       II.  Claims 97, 99, 116, 117, 119 and 133  stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                                     
               §103(a) over Janoff in view of Szoka.                                                                                 
                       We reverse these rejections.                                                                                  


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