The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JEAN-DOMINIQUE BOURZAT
and ALAIN COMMERCON
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Appeal No. 1999-1685
Application 08/564,345
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and ADAMS Administrative Patent Judges.
WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal was taken from the examiner's decision rejecting claims 1 through 9
and 11 through 13, which are all of the claims remaining in the application.
THE INVENTION
Applicants' invention relates to a process for preparing an oxazolidinecarboxylic
acid, or derivative thereof, useful for preparing therapeutically active taxoids. The
principal step of applicants' process comprises selective iodination carried out on an
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