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In the Right of Appeal Notice, the patent examiner allowed the specificformulation claim for TACLONEX(R) ointment, but rejected the remaining pendingclaims in the reexamination of LEO Pharma's 013 Patent. LEO Pharma intends tovigorously defend the 013 Patent and will file an appeal with the USPTO.
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While we can offer no assurance as to the ultimate outcome of the appealof the reexamination proceedings, Warner Chilcott continues to believe thatLEO Pharma will succeed in maintaining the important elements of the patentprotection for TACLONEX(R) products, particularly based on the timing, extentand quality of the development work conducted by LEO Pharma with vitamin Danalogues in combination with corticosteroids.
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