Appeal No. 95-4962
Application No. 07/972,660
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Ikegami et al. (Ikegami) 4,533,562 Aug.
06, 1985
Mehta 4,800,087 Jan. 24,
1989
Remington’s Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mack Publishing, (1990)
pp. 1306-1307 (hereinafter referred to as “Remington”).
The references relied on by appellants are:
Zeitoun et al. (Zeitoun) 4,432,966 Feb.
21, 1984
Edgreen et al. (Edgreen) 4,503,030 Mar.
05, 1985
The reference of record relied on by the Board is:
Eichel et al. (Eichel) 0239,361 Sep. 30, 1987
(Published European Patent Application)
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1 through 3 and 7 through 10 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which applicants regard as their invention;
(2) Claims 1 through 3 and 7 through 10 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over Mehta in view of Remington; and
(3) Claims 1 through 3 and 7 through 10 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over Ikegami in view of Remington.
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