Ex Parte WEINER et al - Page 1


                     Appeal No.  2001-2633                                                               Page ~ PAGE ~1~                             
                     Application No.  07/323,182                                                                                                     
                                                                                                            Paper No.  62                            
                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                             
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                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                             
                                                       AND INTERFERENCES                                                                             
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                                        Ex parte ALAN L. WEINER, and PIETER R. CULLIS                                                                
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                                                           Appeal No. 2001-2633                                                                      
                                                        Application No. 07/323,182                                                                   
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                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                     Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, 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 81-86 and 88-97, which are all the claims                                                  
                     pending in the application.                                                                                                     
                              Claim 81 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced                                             
                     below:                                                                                                                          
                              81. A composition comprising a liposome which comprises:                                                               
                                       (i)      a lipid component consisting essentially of a glycolipid; and,                                       
                                       (ii)     a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug                                                               
                              The references relied upon by the examiner are:                                                                        
                     Lenk et al. (Lenk)                          4,522,803                         Jun. 11, 1985                                    
                     Kikuchi et al. (Kikuchi)                    4,687,661                         Aug. 18, 1987                                    








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