Appeal No. 1997-4259 Application No. 08/259,474 purified glycerol in an esterification reaction is well known. (See page 6, lines 4-20.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to have used the synthetic triglycerides produced by these old and well known methods in the implant of Destouet et al. since Destouet et al. specifically discloses using any biocompatible triglyceride. 15Page: Previous 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007