The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JOSEPH P. STEINER and GREGORY S. HAMILTON ___________ Appeal No. 2003-1169 Application No. 09/879,888 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 17-33. This application is related to Application Serial Number 09/784,174 (Appeal No. 2003-1102) and Application Serial Number 09/781,427 (Appeal No. 2003-0924). Claims 17 and 33 are representative of the subject matter on appeal, and are set forth below: 17. A pharmaceutical composition which comprises:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007