Ex parte YOKOYAMA et al. - Page 5




          Appeal No. 96-0769                                                          
          Application No. 08/203,386                                                  


          appealed claims 2 and 3.  The examiner's finding in the answer              
          at page 4 that UK'567 describes homologs of the compounds of                
          respective claims 2 and 3 is erroneous.  In our view, the                   
          factual basis established from the disclosures in UK'567 is                 
          inadequate to support the examiner's obviousness rejection of               
          these claims.  We, therefore, reverse the rejection of claims               
          2 and 3..                                                                   
               The decision of the examiner is affirmed-in-part.                      


                                  AFFIRMED-IN-PART                                    









          No period for taking any subsequent action in connection with               
          this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).                        




                         MICHAEL SOFOCLEOUS            )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              
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