THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
(1) was not written for publication in a law journal and
(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 30
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
_______________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
_______________
Ex parte GIANCARLO JOMMI
and DARIO CHIARINO
______________
Appeal No. 95-4706
Application 08/070,8691
_______________
ON BRIEF
_______________
Before RONALD H. SMITH, PAK and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal and Opinion
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow
claims 5 through 7 and 11, all of the claims now pending in the application.2
The claimed processes prepare certain 5-(4-substituted-phenyl)-oxazolidion-2-ones via the
cyclization of certain 1-(4-substituted-phenyl)-2-alkoxycarbonylamino-propanes wherein the
substituents on the phenyl moiety are methylthio, methylsulfoxy, methylsulfonyl or a nitro group. The
1 Application for patent filed June 3, 1993. According to appellants, this application is a division of
application 07/841,075, filed February 25, 1992, now U.S. Patent 5,243,056 (>056 patent), issued
September 7, 1993, which application is a division of application 07/162,247, filed February 29, 1988,
now U.S. Patent 5,105,009 (>009 patent), issued April 14, 1992, which application is a continuation of
application 06/616,086, filed June 1, 1984, now abandoned.
2 In the amendment of March 10, 1995 (Paper No. 23), appellants canceled claims 4 and 10, added
claim 11 and amended claims 5 and 6 to depend on claim 11.
- 1 -
Page: 1 2 3 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007