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                            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                                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14                    
                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                       
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                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                         
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                           
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                                Ex parte PATRICK S. L. WONG, FELIX THEEUWES,                                             
                                    GEORGE V. GUITTARD and ATUL D. AYER                                                  
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                                                Appeal No. 2001-1027                                                     
                                              Application No. 08/442,210                                                 
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                           
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                 Before WINTERS, ADAMS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.                                        
                 GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                    

                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                        This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s                           
                 final rejection of claims 1, 2, and 4-15, all of the claims remaining.  Claim 1 is                      
                 representative and reads as follows:                                                                    
                        1.      An osmotic solid caplet for delivering a maximum dose of a drug to                       
                                a patient, the osmotic caplet comprising:                                                
                                       (1)    a cylindrical body;                                                        
                                       (2)  a dose of 300 ng to 1,200 mg of drug in the caplet;                          
                                       (3)    a semipermeable wall that defines the caplet; and,                         
                                       wherein the osmotic caplet is characterized by:                                   







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