Ex parte OPITZ - Page 11




          Appeal No. 94-4129                                                          
          Application 07/953,439                                                      
          following:                                                                  
               (1) the effective filing date of Hille II and this                     
          application;                                                                
               (2) the inventive entity of Hille II and this                          
          application;                                                                
               (3) the assignee of Hille II and this application;                     
               (3) the reference to Opitz, K., DE 40 10 079 at column                 
          1, lines 26-27, of Hille II; and                                            
               (4) the matrix polymers and matrix polymer additives                   
               Hille I describes at column 2, lines 50-66, of Hille I,                
               U.S. 5,089,267, patented February 1991 (prior art to both              
               Hille II and this application), for use in transdermal                 
               applicators.                                                           


                                      REVERSED                                        





          Sherman D. Winters              )                                           
               Administrative Patent Judge     )                                      
                    )                                                                 
                                                  )                                   
                                                  )                                   
                         Richard E. Schafer             ) BOARD OF PATENT             
                         Administrative Patent Judge     )   APPEALS AND              
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