Ex parte AYER et al. - Page 1




                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      
          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)              
          was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is                 
          not binding precedent of the Board.                                         
                                                            Paper No. 15              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                      Ex parte ATUL D. AYER, RICHARD L.-C YIEH,                       
                      BRENDA J. POLLOCK and PATRICK S.-L WONG                         
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1996-2784                                  
                             Application No. 08/069,069                               
                                   ______________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before, STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge and                       
          DOWNEY and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.                  
          WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                              


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final                 
          rejection of claims 6 and 7, the only claims remaining in the               
          application.  Claims 6 and 7 read as follows:                               
               6. A method for administering an antiepileptic drug                    
               to the gastrointestinal tract of humans, wherein the                   
               method comprises:                                                      
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