Appeal No. 97-2168 Application No. 08/382,120 This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 10-12, 21 and 33, all the claims pending in the application. Claims 33 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows: A method for preparing a compound having the formula Wherein R is selected from the group consisting of:1 alkyl, halo-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl and groups derived from carbohydrates containing a pyranosyl or furanosyl ring; X is selected from O, N, S, C(O)O and a direct bond; R is selected from the group consisting of2 aryl, substituted aryl, and mono- or bicyclic aromatic groups having five to six atoms in each ring; and “substituted aryl” means an aryl group bearing from one to three same or different substituents selected from the 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007