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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DONNA BOZYCZKO-COYNE, NICOLA NEFF,
MICHAEL E. LEWIS, and MOHAMED A. IQBAL
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Appeal No. 1997-3275
Application No. 07/963,329
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ON BRIEF
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Before ROBINSON, MILLS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
ROBINSON, 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 1. Claims 7 - 12, 14 - 39, and 41 - 46, the remaining claims pending in
the application, stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner and are not before us
on appeal.
Claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A method for promoting the survival of photoreceptors in a mammal, said
photoreceptors being at risk of dying, said method comprising administering to said
mammal an effective dose of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I.
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