Appeal No. 94-3007 Application 07/809,039 fragment in the otherwise identical cyclic peptide ring, and (2) an aminoacyl or N-alkanoylaminoacyl cyclic peptide ring substituent which is characteristic of Debono’s derivatives. However, the examiner does not cite Debono for its description of the A-21978C cyclic peptide derivatives Debono describes and claims which carry a aminoacyl or N-alkanoyl-aminoacyl ring substituent, but for its description of the A-21978C cyclic peptides from which Debono’s A-21978C derivatives were derived. The old A-21978C cyclic peptides appear to differ from the cyclic peptide compounds of appellants’ Claim 31 by a single amino acid fragment in their cyclic peptide rings. The new A-21978C cyclic peptide derivatives of Claim 31 include the following fragment in their cyclic peptide rings: \ C=O / HN \ CH / \ O=C CH2 / \ HO C=O / - NH CH - NH 2 - 3 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007