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 The examiner has withdrawn the final rejection of Claims 1-13 under 35 U.S.C. § 101 (Examiner’s Answer (Ans.), page 2).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. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007