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                           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                                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHIN-WEN CHI, HENG-LIANG LIN, TSUNG-YUN LIU,                                      
                                       WING-YIU LUI and GAR-YANG CHAU                                                
                                                    __________                                                       
                                               Appeal No. 2006-0674                                                  
                                             Application No. 10/083,565                                              
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                        
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             Before SCHEINER, ADAMS and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                         
             SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                  

                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                     
                    This appeal involves claims directed to treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma by                 
             intravenous administration of docetaxel.  The examiner has rejected claims 7-9, 12 and                  
             16-22 as obvious over the prior art.  Claims 13-15 are also pending, but have been                      
             withdrawn from consideration.  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.  We find that                
             the examiner has not established a prima facie case of unpatentability, and reverse the                 
             rejection.                                                                                              










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