Ex Parte Edwards - Page 5

                  Appeal No. 2006-0392                                                                Page 5                     
                  Application No. 10/034,981                                                                                     

                  renal failure, but does not teach or suggest its use for other indications.  See                               
                  Appeal Brief, page 8.                                                                                          
                                                        CONCLUSION                                                               
                          Because the examiner has failed to set forth a prima facie case of                                     
                  obviousness, the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed.                                               
                                                         REVERSED                                                                



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