The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ALBERT T. NAITO
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Appeal No. 2005-0126
Application No. 09/967,791
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ELLIS, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.
MILLS, 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 1-10 and 12-28, which are all of the claims pending in this
application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:
1. A method for increasing the effect of a chemical compound within the body of
a patient comprising administering said chemical compound to said patient, co-
administering with said chemical compound a hypertonic sugar composition by a route
other than by enteral administration or intravascular injection, and permitting said sugar
composition to increase said effect, wherein said increase in effect of said chemical
compound by said hypertonic sugar composition is by increasing the passage of said
compound through the patient’s blood-brain barrier.
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