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`TITLE OF INVENTION: COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF DELIVERY OF PHARMACOLOGICAL AGENTS
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`11/553,339
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`10/26/2006
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`N611 1). Desai
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`638772000301
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`DATE MAILED: 06/01/2010
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Applicant(s)
`Application No.
`11/553,339 DESAI ET AL.
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`Examiner
`Art Unit
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`Marsha M. Tsay
`1656
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application.
`If not included
`herewith (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance (PTOL—85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
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`1. E This communication is responsive to Applicants response in the form ofa RCE received April 141 2010.
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`2. E The allowed claim(s) is/are 2 4.13-16 18-20 and 24-26.
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`3. I] Acknowledgment is made ofa claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)—(d) or (f).
`a) [I All
`b) [I Some*
`c) [I None
`of the:
`1. El Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. El Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3. El Copies ofthe certified copies ofthe priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* Certified copies not received:
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`Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE “MAILING DATE” ofthis communication to file a reply complying with the requirements
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`THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE.
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`INFORMAL PATENT APPLICATION (PTO-152) which gives reason(s) why the oath or declaration is deficient.
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`5. I] CORRECTED DRAWINGS (as “replacement sheets”) must be submitted.
`(a) El including changes required by the Notice of Draftsperson’s Patent Drawing Review ( PTO-948) attached
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`1) El hereto or 2) [I to Paper No./Mai| Date
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`Paper No./Mai| Date _.
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`6. El DEPOSIT OF and/or INFORMATION about the deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
`attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
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`Attachment(s)
`1. El Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2. El Notice of Draftperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
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`3. IE Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
`Paper No./Mai| Date 04/14/10
`4. El Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit
`of Biological Material
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`5. El Notice of Informal Patent Application
`6. El Interview Summary (PTO-413),
`Paper No./Mai| Date
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`Examiner's Amendment/Comment
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`Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`9. El Other
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Art Unit: 1656
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR l .l l4, including the fee set forth in
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`37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is
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`eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e)
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`has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to
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`37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on April 14, 2010 has been entered.
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`Claims 2, 4, 13, 24-26 are directed to an allowable product. Pursuant to the procedures
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`set forth in MPEP § 821.04(B), claims 14-20, directed to the process of making or using an
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`allowable product, previously withdrawn from consideration as a result of a restriction
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`requirement, are hereby rejoined and fully examined for patentability under 37 CFR 1.104.
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`Because all claims previously withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR 1.142 have
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`been rejoined, the restriction requirement as set forth in the Office action mailed on
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`November 20, 2007, is hereby Withdrawn. In view of the withdrawal of the restriction
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`requirement as to the rejoined inventions, applicant(s) are advised that if any claim presented in a
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`continuation or divisional application is anticipated by, or includes all the limitations of, a claim
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`that is allowable in the present application, such claim may be subject to provisional statutory
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`and/or nonstatutory double patenting rejections over the claims of the instant application. Once
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`the restriction requirement is withdrawn, the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 121 are no longer
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`applicable. See In re Ziegler, 443 F.2d 1211, 1215, 170 USPQ 129, 131—32 (CCPA 1971). See
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`An examiner‘s amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes and/or
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`additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be filed as provided by 37 C FR
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`1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be submitted no later than the
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`payment of the issue fee.
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`Authorization for this examiner’s amendment was given in a telephone interview with C.
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`Polizzi, PhD. on May 20, 2010.
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`The application has been amended as follows:
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`In the claims:
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`2. (currently amended) A pharmaceutical composition for injection comprising paclitaxel and a
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`pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier comprises
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`albumin, wherein the albumin and the paclitaxel in the composition are formulated as
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`nanopameles particles, wherein the nanopartieles particles have a particle size of less than about
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`200 nm, and wherein the weight ratio of albumin to paclitaxel in the composition is about 1:1 to
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`about 9:1.
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`14. (currently amended) A method of treating a disease comprising administering an effective
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`amount of a pharmaceutical composition of claim 2 wherein the disease is cancer arthritis or
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`restenosis.
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`17. canceled
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`18. (currently amended) The method of claim 4—7— fl, wherein the disease is restenosis.
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`19. (currently amended) The method of claim 14, wherein the composition is administered
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`intravenously, intraarterially, mtmpu—lmonaw intrapulmonarily, orally, by inhalation,
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`intravasieul—arly intravesicularly, intramuscularly, intra—tracheally, subcutaneously, intraocularly,
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`intrathecally, or transdermally.
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`The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: claims 2, 4, 13-16,
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`18—20, 24—26 are drawn to a pharmaceutical composition comprising paclitaxel and a
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`pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the pharmaceutically carrier comprises albumin,
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`wherein the albumin and the paclitaxel in the composition are formulated as particles having a
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`size of less than about 200 nm and wherein the weight ratio of albumin to paclitaxel in the
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`composition is about 1:1 to about 9:1, as well as to methods of treating cancer, arthritis, or
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`restenosis comprising administering an effective amount of said pharmaceutical composition.
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`The declaration under 37 CFR 1.132 filed April 14, 2010, and Applicants’ remarks are sufficient
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`to overcome the 103(a) rejection based upon Damascelli et al. in view of Desai et al., as
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`evidenced by Ibrahim et al., in the Office action mailed December 31, 2009. A search of the
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`prior art reveals that the instant claims are novel. Further, the prior art does not suggest the
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`invention as claimed and therefore said invention is non-obvious.
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`Claims 2, 4, 13-16, 18-20, 24-26 are allowed.
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`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the
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`payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue
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`fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on Statement of Reasons for
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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 M. Tsay whose telephone number is (571)272—2938. The
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`examiner can normally be reached on M-F, 9:00am-5:00pm.
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`/Maryam Monshipouri/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1656
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`May 20, 2010
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`M. Tsay
`Art Unit 1656
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