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          Appeal No. 95-4791                                                           
          Application 08/034,849                                                       
               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of an examiner’s                
          rejection of Claims 1-13, all claims pending in this                         
          application.  Claims 1-13 stand finally rejected under 35                    
          U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable in view of the combined                   
          teachings of Sanosa G.M.B.H. (Sanosa), UK Patent Specification               
          481,732, published March 16, 1938; The Merck Index, 10th                     
          Edition, page 1236, Abstract No. 8465 (1983); Kuhne et al.                   
          (Kuhne I), EP-200,156, published November 5, 1986;  Kuhne et2                         
          al. (Kuhne II), EP-200,157, published November 5, 1986;  and3                    
          the prior art described in appellant’s specification.  The                   
          examiner has withdrawn the final rejection of Claims 1-13                    
          under 35 U.S.C. § 101 (Examiner’s Answer (Ans.), page 2).                    
          Claims 1, 10 and 11 are representative of the subject matter                 
          claimed and read:                                                            
                    1.   A method of parenterally treating HIV                         
               infections, comprising administering to a subject in                    
               need of such treatment an inhibition-effective amount of                
               a chemically-stabilized chlorite matrix comprising an                   
               isotonic solution containing about 5 to about 100 mMol                  
               ClO  per liter of isotonic solution.2-                                                                   
                    10. A method according to claim 1, wherein the                     

              2    Canadian Patent 1,268,714, issued May 8, 1990,                     
          appears to be the English equivalent.                                        
              3    Australian Patent Specification 599,027, published                 
          November 6, 1986, appears to be the English equivalent.                      
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