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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN M. LIPARI,
DAWN M. RAYMOND, and TOM REILAND
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Appeal No. 2004-0482
Application No. 09/216,247
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ON BRIEF1
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Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, and ADAMS, 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 1, 3-5, 12, and 14-16, which are all the claims
pending in the application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
1. A composition consisting of a fibrate dissolved in at least one medium
chain glycerol ester of a fatty acid.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
1 Appellants waived (Paper No. 37, received April 8, 2004) their request for oral hearing, therefore
we considered this appeal on Brief.
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