Ex parte BOUFFARD et al. - Page 5




          Appeal No. 95-3387                                                          
          Application No. 08/005,942                                                  




               The references relied upon by the examiner are:                        
          Schmatz             5,166,135      Nov. 24, 1992                            
          Sandoz (Belgium)                                                            
          '310 Pat.                     851,310        Aug. 10, 1977                  
          Sandoz (Belgium)                                                            
          '067 Pat.                     859,067        Mar. 28, 1978                  
          Michel (German)                                                             
          '130 Pat.         2,065,130       June 24, 1981                             

               Claims 1-15 stand provisionally rejected under the                     
          judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double                      
          patenting                                                                   
          as lacking patentable distinction over (1) Claims 1-17 or                   
          (2) Claims 1-4 or (3) Claims 3-20 or (4) Claims 4-7 or (5)                  
          Claims 1-11 and 13 or (6) Claims 1-10 or (7) Claims 1-9 of                  
          copending applications (1) 07/936,558; (2) 07/963,332; (3)                  
          07/775,774; (4) 07/960,983; (5) 07/936,531; (6) 07/936,434;                 
          and (7) 07/959,948; respectively.  We affirm this rejection.                
               Claims 1-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over                  
          Schmatz alone or in the alternative over '310 Pat. or '067                  
          Pat. in combination with Michel.  We reverse this rejection.                


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