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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                                 for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21                      
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
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                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                                      
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                             Ex parte THOMAS L. STEINEMANN, IVORY A. REIS,                                       
                                   LOUIS M. FINK, HARRY H. BROWN and                                             
                                            RICHARD A. MARLAR                                                    
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                                             Appeal No. 2002-0869                                                
                                           Application No. 08/580,384                                            
                                                  __________                                                     
                                                   ON BRIEF                                                      
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             Before MILLS, GRIMES, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                      
             MILLS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                 
                                       ON REMAND TO THE EXAMINER                                                 

                   This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. §134 from the examiner's final rejection of                 
             claims 22-29, which are all of the claims pending in this application.                              
                   Claim 22 is illustrative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:                        
                   22.  A method of reducing intraocular inflammation comprising the administration              
             of a pharmacologically effective dose of protein C to reduce said intraocular                       
             inflammation to an individual having said inflammation.                                             










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