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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 H. PAUL REDMOND and ROLF W. PFIRRMANN
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Appeal No. 2005-2671
Application No. 09/971,774
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HEARD: January 12, 2006
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Before SCHEINER, MILLS, and GRIMES, 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 1-12 and 26, which are all of the claims pending in this application.
Claims 1-4, 6, 9, 10 and 26 are illustrative of the claims on appeal and read as
follows:
1. A method of treating abdominal cancer comprising performing a surgery on a
patient's abdomen by forming a surgical opening in said patient's abdomen, surgically
removing a cancerous tumor from the patient's abdomen through the surgical opening,
and closing said surgical opening, the method including a step of administering
taurolidine, taurultam or a mixture thereof to the patient's abdomen prior to said closing
of said surgical opening and after said surgically removing said cancerous tumor, so as
to treat cancer in the patient's abdomen, further including a step of additionally
administering taurolidine, taurultam or a mixture thereof to said patient after said closing
said surgical opening.
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