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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                                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOHN ZENK                                                     
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                                               Appeal No.  2006-2325                                                   
                                             Application No.  10/340,980                                               
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                          
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                 Before SCHEINER, ADAMS, and LEBOVITZ, 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 1-9, which are all the claims pending in the                     
                 application.                                                                                          
                        Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced                      
                 below:                                                                                                
                        1. A method of modulating the metabolism of a dieting mammal                                   
                            comprising administration of a metabolic modulating agent to the                           
                            dieting mammal wherein the metabolic modulating agent is 7-oxo                             
                            DHEA or a pro-drug thereof incapable of in vivo conversion to                              
                            testosterone.                                                                              
                        The references relied upon by the examiner are:                                                
                 Partridge et al. (Partridge)  5,296,481   Mar.  22, 1994                                              






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