Appeal No. 1997-2184
Application 08/278,441
non-elected invention, 37 C.F.R. § 1.142(b), and, accordingly,
form no issue in this appeal.
THE INVENTION
The appealed subject matter is directed to a genus of
compounds which may be broadly characterized as indene-1-
acetamides. According to appellants, the compounds are useful
for the general treatment of conditions induced or maintained
by overproduction of the enzyme human non-pancreatic secretory
phospholipase A or "sPLA ". Such conditions include septic2 2
shock, adult respiratory distress syndrome, pancreatitis,
trauma, bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis and rheumatoid
arthritis.
Claims 1, 11 and 14 are believed to be adequately
representative of the appealed subject matter and are
reproduced below for a more facile understanding of
appellants' invention.
Claim 1. An indene-1-acetamide compound or a
pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug
derivative thereof; wherein said compound is
represented by the formula (I);
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