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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ASSUNTA S. NG,
RALPH J. MANCINELLI, and
JOHN P. HENNESSEY
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Appeal No. 2003-1042
Application No. 09/019,764
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F SMITH, SCHEINER, and GREEN, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GREEN, 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 2, 4 and 7-13. Claims 2 and 4 are representative of the
subject matter on appeal, and read as follows:
2. A method of preserving vaccines comprising mixing vaccine
solutions with a non-mercurial preservative to form a mixture of
vaccine solution and preservative where the preservative and its
final concentration in the mixture of vaccine solution and
preservative is selected from the group consisting of:
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