Ex parte COTROPIA - Page 4




          Appeal No. 97-0477                                                          
          Application 07/396,751                                                      


          SIP which neutralizes HIV-1 in vitro.  That publication is                  
          dated May 1993, compared with the August 24, 1989 filing date               
          of this application.  As we stated in our original opinion,                 
          "[o]n this record . . . appellant has not established that                  
          Levi et al.'s successful results were the product of routine                
          experimentation based solely on pre-filing date technology and              
          knowledge."  In the request for rehearing, appellant does not               
          take issue with that statement or explain why it is incorrect.              
          Again, appellant has not established that Levi et al.'s                     
          successful results were the product of routine experimentation              
          based solely on pre-filing date technology and knowledge,                   
          e.g., the scientific articles discussed in the Appeal Brief,                
          pages 12-17, and listed in the request for rehearing, page 3.               
               We have considered appellant's request to the extent                   
          indicated above, but we decline to modify our original                      
          decision in any manner.                                                     
               The request is denied.                                                 
               No time period for taking any subsequent action in                     
          connec-tion with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR                   
          § 1.136(a).                                                                 
                                       DENIED                                         

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