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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DANIEL D. VON HOFF, and
ALAN A. RUBIN
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Appeal No. 2001-0992
Application No. 08/527,880
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent
Judges.
ADAMS, 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 claims 1-5, which are all the claims pending in the
application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
1. A method for treating AIDS-associated non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
(NHL) in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive human
individual, such treatment comprising administering to the individual an
effective amount of pharmaceutically acceptable gallium nitrate.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
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