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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SHIGERU MORIKAWA, AKASHI IZUMI,
TAKAO HAMAKUBO, and TATSUHIKO KODAMA
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Appeal No. 2006-3200
Application No. 10/196,428
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HEARD: December 13, 2006
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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 1-4 and 16-22, which are all the claims
pending in the application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below1:
1. A method for suppressing expression of PTX3 gene, which comprises
administering to a subject in need thereof a composition comprising one or
more pharmaceutically acceptable additives and an effective amount of a
compound of formula (1):
OH OH
(1)
R1 X CH CH2 CH CH2 COOR2
1 All the remaining claims before us on appeal ultimately depend from claim 1.
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