Ex parte BUENDIA et al. - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 1997-1767                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/442,959                                                                                                             


                 amendment filed June 11, 1996 (Paper No. 8), which the                                                                                 
                 examiner entered (Advisory Action; Paper No. 10).                                                                                      
                          According to the appellants, the invention is directed to                                                                     
                 novel compounds of the recited Formula III (brief, page 2).                                                                            
                 These compounds, in turn, are useful intermediates for the                                                                             
                 preparation of 16"-methyl-steroids of Formula I, which are                                                                             
                 known to possess anti-inflammatory activity (id.;                                                                                      
                                                                                                               specificatio                             
                                                                                                               n, pages 3                               
                                                                                                               and 11).                                 
                                                                                                                        Claim                           
                                                                                                               11 is                                    
                                                                                                               illustrative                             
                 of the claims on appeal and is reproduced below:1                                                                                      
                                   11.  A compound of the formula                                                                                       






                          1We note that the copy of claim 11 as it appears in the                                                                       
                 appendix to the appeal brief does not correspond identically                                                                           
                 to actual claim 11 as it appears here and in the Amendment                                                                             
                 filed January 16, 1996.                                                                                                                
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