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`ART UNIT
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Application No
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`12910693
`Examiner
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`Marsha Tsay
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`Applicants
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`DESAI ET AL
`Art Unit
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`1656
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`11 2011
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`the restriction
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`The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address
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`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY
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`See 37 CFR 1313 and MPEP 1308
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant
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`2 0 An election was made by the applicant
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`3 EI The allowed claims isare 3885
`is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 USC ยง 119a d or f
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`b 0 Some
`c 0 None
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`1 0 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received
`2 0 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No
`3 0 Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
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`Certified copies not received
`Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE MAILING DATE of this communication to file a reply complying with the requirements
`noted below Failure to timely comply will result in ABANDONMENT
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`ApplicationControl Number 12910693
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`Art Unit 1656
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`Page 2
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`Claims 137 are canceled Claims 3885 are pending
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`The terminal disclaimers filed on December 1 2011 disclaiming the terminal portion of
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`any patent granted on this application which would extend beyond the expiration date of US
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`patent 7820788 and US patent 7923536 have been reviewed and are accepted The terminal
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`disclaimers have been recorded
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`The following is an examiners statement of reasons for allowance
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`a search of the prior
`
`art reveals that the instant claims are novel The albuminpaclitaxel
`
`ratio of about 11 to about
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`91 unexpectedly shows increased cellular binding Further the prior art does not suggest
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`the
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`invention as claimed and therefore said invention is non obvious
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`Claims 3885 are allowed
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`Allowance
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to Marsha Tsay whose telephone number is 5712722938 The
`examiner can normally be reached on MF 900am500pm ET
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`ApplicationControl Number 12910693
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`Art Unit 1656
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`Page 3
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful
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`the examiners
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`supervisor Manjunath N Rao can be reached on 5712720939 The fax phone number for the
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`Marsha Tsay
`Patent Examiner Art Unit 1656
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`December 19 2011
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