The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ALLEN E. GOODSHIP, PETER WALKER, DONAL S. McNALLY,
TIMOTHY J. CHAMBERS, and JONATHAN GREEN
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Appeal No. 1997-2751
Application No. 08/159,096
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, MILLS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges,
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 -14, all of the claims pending in the application. All of
the claims are drawn to a method of treating bone fractures in mammals by
administering one of a class of diphosphonate compounds.
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