Ex Parte Janjikhel et al - Page 1



                            The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                     
                                     is not binding precedent of the Board.                                
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                            
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                              
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
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                           Ex parte RAJIV JANJIKHEL, PHILIP IZEVBEHAI,                                     
                     MAHENDRA G. DEDHIYA, and CHARLES LINDAMOOD III                                        
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                                            Appeal 2007-3734                                               
                                         Application 11/286,137                                            
                                         Technology Center 1600                                            
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                                      Decided: September 25, 2007                                          
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               Before TONI R. SCHEINER, DONALD E. ADAMS, and ERIC GRIMES,                                  
               Administrative Patent Judges.                                                               
               GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                        


                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                      This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to a                        
               pharmaceutical composition.  The Examiner has rejected the claims as                        
               obvious.  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).  We affirm.                          
                                            BACKGROUND                                                     
                      The Specification describes “a pharmaceutical formulation comprising                 
               ibuprofen . . . , oxycodone . . . , and 14-hydroxycodeinone . . . , and its use             
               for the treatment of pain” (Specification 2).  The Specification states that the            



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