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. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007