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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HOWARD L. ELFORD
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Appeal No. 2002-0455
Application No. 09/123,620
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, MILLS, 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 2-11 and 14, all of the claims remaining. Claim 14 is
representative and reads as follows:
14. A process for inhibiting NF-κB in a mammalian cell in which NF-κB
has been activated by an agency external to said cell which comprises
administering to the mammal in whose cells NF-κB has been activated an NF-κB
inhibiting amount of a drug represented by the formula:
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