RAPOPORT V. DEMENT et al. - Page 2




          Interference 102,760                                                        
                                   FINAL DECISION                                     


          1.   Background                                                             
               February 12, 1990 -- Jeffrey L. Schwimmer (hereafter                   
          Schwimmer) filed Application 07/478,820.  Original Claim 1                  
          thereof reads in pertinent part:                                            
                    1.   A method for treatment of sleep apneas                       
          comprising                                                                  
               administration of a therapeutically effective regimen of               
               a Formula I azapirone compound  or a pharmaceutically[1]                                      
               effective acid addition salt thereof to a patient in need              
               of such treatment . . . .                                              
               February 12, 1990 -- William C. Dement (hereafter                      
          Dement), Mark R. Rosekind (hereafter Rosekind), and Schwimmer               
          filed Application 07/479,803.  Original Claim 1 thereof reads               
          in pertinent part:                                                          
                    1.   A method for treatment of sleep apneas                       
          comprising                                                                  
               administration of a therapeutically effective regimen of               
               buspirone or a pharmaceutically effective acid addition                
               salt thereof to a patient in need of such treatment.                   
               February 14, 1990 -- David M. Rapoport (hereafter                      
          Rapoport) filed Application 07/479,693.  Original Claim 1                   
          thereof reads in pertinent part:                                            


              1    Although buspirone is an azapirone compound, the                  
          azapirone compounds of Schwimmer’s Formula I appear to exclude              
          buspirone.                                                                  
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