The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ______________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ______________________ Ex parte JOHN W. DOHNER, SCOTT A. BURA and RICHARD E. FORD ______________________ Appeal No. 2001-1235 Application No. 08/951,9431 ______________________ ON BRIEF _____________________ Before: TORCZON, SPIEGEL and GARDNER-LANE, Administrative Patent Judges. SPIEGEL, 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 through 26, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 1-4, 8, 9 and 26 are illustrative and read as follows: 1. An improved method for manufacturing delivery devices for the transdermal administration of a liquid drug capable of forming a crystalline structure, the method comprising: a) heating, to a predetermined temperature, each individual film or laminate of a transdermal delivery device which comprises a dispersion of said liquid drug in a matrix immediately following film formation or lamination; b) maintaining each film or laminate at the desired temperature for 1 Application for patent filed October 17, 1997. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of application 08/566,228, filed December 1, 1995, now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007