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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RALPH L. BASS
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Appeal No. 2005-1164
Application No. 09/721,131
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ADAMS, and GRIMES, 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 22-42, which are all the claims pending in the
application.
Claims 22, 27 and 28 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and
are reproduced below:
22. A method for providing sodium chloride to a human having HIV
infection by administering to the upper gastro-intestinal tract of the
human a selected amount of a formulation of sodium chloride, said
method comprising:
(a) administering the sodium chloride formulation to the human’s
upper gastrointestinal tract so as to introduce the sodium
chloride formulation to the metabolism of the human, wherein
the amount of the sodium chloride in the sodium chloride
formulation administered is (i) sufficient to provide more sodium
chloride than the human’s average daily intake for sodium
chloride, as determined after monitoring the human for about 1
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