Ex Parte Haslwanter et al - Page 1


                          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                                for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOSEPH A. HASLWANTER and WILLIAM F. RENCHER                                    
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                                            Appeal No. 2004-1188                                               
                                          Application No. 09/940,784                                           
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                                                  ON BRIEF                                                     
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                Before SCHEINER, ADAMS, and 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 15-33, which are all the claims pending in the            
                application.                                                                                   
                      Claims 15 and 29 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and are                
                reproduced below:                                                                              
                      15. An aqueous nasal spray composition prepared by combining                             
                           ingredients comprising oxymetazoline hydrochloride and two or more                  
                           linear polymers of 1-Vinyl-2-pyrrolidone having different average                   
                           molecular weights.                                                                  
                      29. An aqueous nasal spray composition prepared by combining                             
                           ingredients comprising: 0.01 to 0.1 percent by weight/volume of                     
                           oxymetazoline hydrochloride; a linear polymer of 1-Vinyl-2-                         
                           pyrrolidone having an average molecular weight about 40,000; a                      
                           linear polymer of 1-Vinyl-2-pyrrolidone having an average molecular                 





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