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`SKELDING, ZACHARY S
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`ART UNIT
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`Steven A. FISCHKOFF
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`EXAMINER
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`SKELDING, ZACHARY S
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`1644
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`DATE MAILED: 09/23/2014
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Application No.
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`Examiner
`ZACHARY SKELDING
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`Applicant(s)
`FISCHKOFF ET AL.
`Art Unit
`AIA (First Inventor to
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`1644
`No
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`Application/Control Number: 14/256,886 (cid:9)
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent provisions.
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`Examiner's Comment
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`1. MPEP § 609.05(a) states that if an item of information in an IDS fails to comply with all the
`requirements of 37 CFR 1.97 and 37 CFR 1.98, that item of information in the IDS will not
`be considered and a line should be drawn through the citation to show that it has not been
`considered.
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`In the instant case, a number of the non-patent documents cited in the IDS filed 4-18-14 do
`not indicate the relevant pages as required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.98(b) and therefore they have not
`been considered.
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`This is of particular importance because when a large number of non-patent references
`submitted to the image file wrapper knowing the number of pages is essential because it is
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`IFW.
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`Moreover, given that the claimed invention stands allowed should the printer require page
`numbers for these citations consistent with 37 CFR 1.98(b), each cited reference without
`page numbers will need to be tracked down in 10/163,657 and each non-compliant citation
`will need to be made compliant.
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`REASONS FOR ALLOWANCE
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`2. The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for allowance: the instant claims are
`drawn to methods of treating Crohn's disease in a human subject comprising subcutaneously
`administering a human anti-TNFa antibody having six sequence defined CDRs (3 Vh CDRs
`and 3 V1 CDRs) at a total body dose of 40 mg once every 13-15 days for a time period
`sufficient to treat Crohn's disease.
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`The human anti-TNFa adalimumab was known in the prior art to be encompassed by the
`genus of anti-TNFa antibodies recited in the instant claims. While it would have been
`obvious to treat Crohn's disease by subcutaneously administering adalimumab based on the
`knowledge in the prior art (see, e.g., Salfeld et al., U.S. Patent No. 6,090,382, cited on an
`IDS; David Chantry, Current Opinion in Anti-Inflammatory and Immunomodulatory
`Investigational Drugs (2000), 2(1), 31-34, cited herewith; and the FDA product insert for
`Infliximab as well as the other Infliximab specific references referred to below), the question
`one must consider is: would it have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to have
`treated Crohn's disease by subcutaneously administering adalimumab according to the
`claimed dosage regimen?
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`In contemplating the specific dosage regimen that should be used to treat a patient having
`Crohn's disease with the claimed anti-TNFa antibody one of ordinary skill in the art would
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`have to consider a number of factors including the biophysical properties of the anti-TNFa
`antibody to be administered; the route of administration, e.g., intravenous vs. subcutaneous;
`the dosage form, e.g., dosing as a function of patient body weight vs. dosing with a
`predetermined quantity of active compound in the form of physically discrete units; and the
`frequency of dosage, e.g., weekly vs. biweekly.
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`Moreover, one of ordinary skill in the art would have looked to experiences treating Crohn's
`disease with anti-TNFa antibodies in general. In this regard, prior to applicant's date of
`invention one of ordinary skill in the art would have known that the only other anti-TNFa
`antibody known to be effective for the treatment of human patients having Crohn's disease
`was the chimeric anti-TNFa antibody infliximab.
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`The FDA approved dosage regimens for the treatment of Crohn's disease and rheumatoid
`arthritis with infliximab were 5 mg/kg at weeks 0, 2 and 6 or 3 mg/kg at weeks 0, 2 and 6 and
`every 8 weeks thereafter, respectively (see the Infliximab Product Label, ©Centocor, Inc.,
`December 1, 2000, pages 14-31, in particular page 29, 1st and 2nd paragraphs, cited on an
`IDS). Prior art publications describing the clinical use of infliximab in Crohn's disease
`patients pre-FDA approval support the notion that, while one of ordinary skill in the art may
`have suspected administering less infliximab than the FDA approved dose could be useful for
`the treatment of Crohn's disease (see, e.g., Targan et al., N Engl J Med. 1997 Oct
`9;337(15):1029-35, at page 1034, col. bridging paragraph; P.J. Rutgeerts, Aliment Pharmacol
`Ther 1999; 13 (Suppl 4), 9-15, at page 11, col bridging paragraph — page 13, 1st paragraph,
`both cited herewith), it would not have been clear to the ordinarily skilled artisan precisely
`how much less than the FDA approved dose of infliximab could be administered to
`effectively treat Crohn's disease.
`
`Thus, one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of applicant's invention would have thought
`that the treatment of Crohn's disease with adalimumab will likely require administering more
`adalimumab, and potentially as much as 66% more adalimumab, than one would administer
`to a rheumatoid arthritis patient.
`
`As described in Section 6 of the Office Action mailed April 21, 2014 in conjunction with
`parent application 10/163,657, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art
`to treat rheumatoid arthritis in a human subject comprising subcutaneously administering
`adalimumab at a total body dose of around 62-88 mg on a biweekly basis for a time period
`sufficient to treat the rheumatoid arthritis.
`
`By contrast, it would not have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to treat
`rheumatoid arthritis in a human subject comprising administering subcutaneously to a human
`subject having rheumatoid arthritis a total body dose of 40 mg of adalimumab once every 13
`- 15 days for a time period sufficient to treat the rheumatoid arthritis (see the Reasons for
`allowance mailed July 8, 2014 in conjunction with parent application 10/163,657).
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`Application/Control Number: 14/256,886 (cid:9)
`Art Unit: 1644
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`Page 4
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`When the above findings of fact are considered together, the claimed method of treatment
`would not have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art.
`
`Moreover, while the instant application does not provide a working example demonstrating
`the treatment of Crohn's disease in a human subject comprising subcutaneously
`administering a human anti-TNFa antibody having the CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 3-8, such as
`the adalimumab antibody, at a total body dose of 40 mg once every 13-15 days for a time
`period sufficient to treat Crohn's disease, given the teachings of the specification and the
`knowledge in the prior art the skilled artisan could practice the claimed invention without
`having to resort to undue experimentation.
`
`As to applicant's designation of the instant application as a divisional of parent application
`10/163,657, MPEP 201.06 defines a divisional application as "[a] later application for a
`distinct or independent invention, carved out of a pending application and disclosing and
`claiming only subject matter disclosed in the earlier or parent application..." The instant
`application is a divisional application because the claimed invention is patentably distinct
`from the allowed claims set forth May 1, 2014 in application 10/163,657.
`
`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the
`payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the
`issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled "Comments on Statement of Reasons
`for Allowance."
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`3. Claims 1-6 are allowed.
`
`4. Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner
`should be directed to ZACHARY SKELDING whose telephone number is (571)272-9033.
`The examiner can normally be reached on Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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`Daniel E. Kolker can be reached on 571-272-3181. The fax phone number for the
`organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300.
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`
`/ZACHARY SKELDING/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1644
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