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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 PHILIP S. PORTOGHESE
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Appeal No. 1997-2204
Application No. 08/440,989
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges, and McKELVEY,
Senior Administrative Patent Judge.
WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final
rejection of claim 21, the only claim pending in the application.
Claim 21 reads as follows:
21. A method for blocking L-opioid receptors in mammalian tissue
comprising contacting said receptors with an amount of a compound
of the formula:
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