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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte LEONARD L. MAZUR
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Appeal No. 2004-0394
Application No. 09/915,467
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ADAMS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
REQUEST FOR REHEARING
Appellant requests reconsideration (rehearing) of the Board’s decision entered
February 26, 2004 (Decision), vacating the rejection of record in favor of new grounds
of rejection under 37 CFR § 1.196(b). Appellant’s “Request for Rehearing” (Request) is
premised upon the assertion that the “new grounds for rejection appear based on a
misunderstanding of the time sequence of the prior art.” Request, page 2.
Claims 1 and 6 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and are
reproduced below:
1. An educational article of manufacture useful to increase patient awareness of
the teratogenicity of a pharmaceutical, said article of manufacture comprising:
a teratogenic pharmaceutical packaged together with
a contraceptive; and
labeling specifying avoidance of pregnancy while using said teratogenic
pharmaceutical.
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