Appeal No. 1998-0244
Application No. 08/531,890
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Blackford et al. (Blackford) 2,862,846 Dec.
2, 1958
Szycher et al. (Szycher) 4,638,043 Jan.
20, 1987
Seth 4,844,903 Jul.
4, 1989
Morgan 4,867,821 Sep. 19,
1989
Sablotsky 4,994,267 Feb.
19, 1991
THE REJECTION
Claims 2 through 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
being unpatentable over Seth in view of Szycher, Sablotsky,
Morgan and Blackford.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ brief (Paper No.
29) and to the examiner’s Office action dated July 22, 1996
(Paper No. 23) and answer (Paper No. 30) for the respective
positions of the appellants and the examiner with regard to
the merits of this rejection.
DISCUSSION
Seth, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses an
adhesive plaster or patch for the transdermal administration
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