Ex parte REY et al. - Page 3



            Appeal No. 97-2168                                                        
            Application No. 08/382,120                                                





            group C alkyl, C alkoxy, hydroxy, trifluoromethyl and1-3        1-3                                                     
            halogen, which process comprises subjecting a compound of                 
            formula I to catalytic hydrogenolysis:                                    















                 Claims 10-12, 21 and 33 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.                 
            § 112, first and second paragraphs. We reverse and make a                 
            new ground of rejection under 37 CFR § 1.196(b).                          


                 The examiner has rejected the claims as indefinite                   
            because claim 33 contains the following two phrases                       
            (examiner’s answer, pp. 2 and 5):                                         



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