Ex parte ANDREWS et al. - Page 15




            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.                                                                    
                                                                                                        



























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