Thank you for your thoughtful reply. No offense taken at all. I have perhaps 4-5 times seen an assay or drug delivery method that could really be considered nov

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. No offense taken at all. I have perhaps 4-5 times seen an assay or drug delivery method that could really be considered novel (though I clearly lack a legal understanding of 'novel' which I readily concede). Your reply makes me hopeful that this decision will have a greater impact than I had hoped.