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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MITSUSHI HIKIDA and MASAAKI HAYASHI
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Appeal No. 2002-1575
Application No. 08/945,901
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, GREEN, 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 4, 5, 8-15, 21, and 24-30, which are all the
claims pending in the application.
Claim 4 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
4. A method for reducing postoperative astigmatism by increasing the
strength of a wound closure site comprising administering to the eyes
of a patient after sclerocorneal incision or corneal incision, a
pharmaceutically effective amount of lactoferrin in a concentration of
0.1 to 1.05 (w/v).
The reference relied upon by the examiner is:
Mita et al. (Mita) 5,561,109 Oct. 1, 1996
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