Appeal No. 94-4495
Application 07/865,165
The following prior art references are relied upon by the examiner to support the rejection of
the claims:
Steglich et al. (Steglich), Angew. Chem. Internat. Edit., “N,N-Dimethyl-4-pyridinamine, a Very
Effective Acylation Catalyst,” Vol. 8, No. 12, p. 981 (1969)
Fieser et al. (Fieser I), Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Vol. 3, Wiley-Interscience, pp. 118-119
(1972) (received in the PTO Scientific Library on June 6, 1972).
Bald et al. (Bald), Chemistry Letters, “A Facile Synthesis of Carboxamides by Using 1-Methyl-2-
Halopyridinium Iodides as Coupling Reagents,” pp. 1163-1166 (1975).
Mukaiyama et al. (Mukaiyama), Chemistry Letters, “A Convenient Method For The Synthesis o f
Carboxylic Esters,” pp. 1045-1048 (1975).
Fieser et al. (Fieser II), Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Vol. 9, Wiley-Interscience, pp. 156-157
(1981) (received in the PTO Scientific Library on October 5, 1983).
Scriven, Chem. Soc. Rev., “4-Dialkylaminopyridines: Super Acylation and Alkylation Catalysts,” Vol.
12, No. 2, pp. 129-161 (1983).
The Rejection
Claims 1 and 3-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable ove r
Mukaiyma or Balt taken with Steglich or Scriven or Fieser I or II.
Opinion
We have carefully considered the respective positions advanced by appellants and th e
examiner. For the reasons set forth below, we will not sustain the examiner's rejection.
We point out that in a rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103, it is basic that all elements recited
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