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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                                 for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23                      
                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
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                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
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                              Ex parte ANNAMARIA NAGGI, ENRICO PETRELLA,                                          
                                  GIANGIACOMO TORRI and BENITO CASU                                               
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                                             Appeal No. 2002-1356                                                 
                                           Application No. 09/206,063                                             
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                                                   ON BRIEF                                                       
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             Before ADAMS, MILLS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                        
             MILLS, 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 5-22, which are all of the claims pending in this application.                   
                    Claims 5, 11 and 17 are illustrative of the claims on appeal and read as follow:              
                    5.  A method of preparing a stabilized osmotic agent comprising the following                 
             steps:                                                                                               
                    providing a solution of starch dissolved in water and                                         
                    adding NaBH4 to the starch solution to reduce the starch.                                     










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