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.
2
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