Ex parte BOUFFARD et al. - Page 7




          Appeal No. 95-0976                                                          
          Application No. 07/936,558                                                  


               13.  An antibiotic composition comprising therapeutic                  
          amount of a compound of Claim 1 in a pharmaceutically                       
          acceptable carrier.                                                         
               The references relied upon by the examiner are:                        
          Sandoz (Belgium)                                                            
          '310 Pat.                     851,310        Aug. 10, 1977                  
          Sandoz (Belgium)                                                            
          '067 Pat.                     859,067        Mar. 28, 1978                  
          Schmatz                  5,166,135           Nov. 24, 1992                  
               Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first                   
          paragraph, as failing to provide an enabling disclosure.  We                
          reverse this rejection.                                                     
               Claims 1-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over                  
          Schmatz or '310 Pat. in combination with '067 Pat.  We reverse              
          this rejection.                                                             
               Claims 1-14 stand provisionally rejected under the                     
          judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double                      
          patenting                                                                   
          as lacking patentable distinction over (1) Claims 1-11 and 13               
          or (2) Claims 1-4 or (3) Claims 3-20 or (4) Claims 4-7 or (5)               
          Claims 1-13 or (6) Claims 1-10 or (7) Claims 1-9 of copending               
          applications (1) 07/936,561; (2) 07/963,332; (3) 07/775,774;                


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