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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RALUAN G. SOLTERO,
KENNETH E. BURHOP, and
JOHN F. HANSBROUGH
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Appeal No. 2001-1524
Application No. 08/615,058
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, ADAMS and MILLS, 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 6-14, which are all the claims pending in the
application.
Claims 6 and 11 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and are
reproduced below:
6. A method for improving cardiac output, comprising administering
chemically-modified, stroma-free hemoglobin to a patient suffering
from burn shock in an amount effective to increase cardiac output.
11. A method for improving cardiac output, comprising administering
diaspirin-crosslinked, stroma-free hemoglobin to a patient suffering
from burn shock in an amount effective to increase cardiac output.
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