Appeal No. 94-3564
Application 07/890,314
REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM
Claim 16, which is illustrative of the subject matter on
appeal, reads as follows:
16. A medicinal product for the buccal administration of
nitroglycerin to a patient in need of nitroglycerin therapy
comprising:
a container having a pump spray means for dispensing a
spray dosage of a composition in the container into the buccal
area of a patient’s mouth;
the composition being a hydrophilic aqueous pump spray
composition comprising 0.15 to 0.50 weight/% of nitroglycerin,
24.50 to 24.85 weight/% of ethanol, 32.00 weight/% of 1,2-
propyleneglycol and 43.00 weight/% of purified water and having a
pH of 3 to 6; and
the composition and the container containing no
propellant.
THE REFERENCES
In rejecting the appealed claims on prior art grounds, the
examiner relies on three references. The first cited reference
is European Patent Application 310,910 published April 12, 1989.
We shall hereinafter refer to the European Patent Application by
the name of its lead inventor, Aouda. The second reference is
U.S. Patent No. 3,155,574 issued November 3, 1964, to Silson et
al. (Silson).
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