Paper No. 37 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte GLENN J. GORMLEY and ELIZABETH STONER ______________ Appeal No. 1997-2801 Application 08/364,072 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and LORIN, 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 1 through 8, all the claims remaining in the application, which read as follows: 1. A method of preventing prostatic carcinoma in humans, who are asymptomatic for prostatic cancer, which comprises of daily administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the formula: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007