Appeal No. 1997-2167
Application 08/137,444
to appellants, relate to the same issues as herein involved.
The related appeals involve U.S. Application Serial Number
08/137,440, filed on October 15, 1993 (Appeal Number 1997-
2188); and U.S. Application Serial Number 08/137,443, filed on
October 15, 1993 (Appeal Number 1997-2182).
The claims in this application differ from the claims in
the two related applications chiefly in the description of the
substituent R . Decisions in the two related appeals were2
mailed on even date with this opinion.
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 52 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, on the grounds the specification fails to
adequately teach how to use the claimed invention. Claims 50
and 51 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph,
on the grounds that the claims do not distinctly claim the
subject matter which appellants regard as their invention.
Claims 1 through 4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, on the grounds that the subject matter now claimed
by appellants is not described in appellants' original
disclosure.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
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