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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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19                     
                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                        
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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                         
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                            
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                                            Ex parte JAMES A. ANGELLO                                                     
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                                                 Appeal No. 2003-0736                                                     
                                              Application No. 09/720,007                                                  
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
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                 Before ADAMS, GRIMES, and GREEN, 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 1-9, all of the claims remaining.  Claim 1 is representative                   
                 and reads as follows:                                                                                    
                         1.            A method for treating a mammal suffering from renal colic                          
                                       comprising administering to said mammal a pharmaceutical                           
                                       composition comprising an effective amount of a GABA                               
                                       analog.                                                                            
                         The examiner relies on the following references:                                                 
                 Singh                              WO 98/03167                   Jan. 29, 1998                          








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