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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JAMES N. BATES and STEPHEN J. LEWIS
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Appeal No. 2006-2587
Application No. 09/879,710
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HEARD: October 17, 2006
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Before ADAMS, GREEN 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 2-8 and 10, which are all the claims pending
in the application.
Claim 10 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
10. A method of counter acting the overproduction of nitric oxide which often
occurs in hypotension and shock, consisting essentially of: administering
to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of an S-alkylthiol as an
antagonist of S-nitrosothiols.
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