Appeal No. 1997-2204
Application No. 08/440,989
Grounds of Rejection
Claim 21 stands rejected under (1) 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as anticipated by
Portoghese et al.; and (2) 35 U.S.C. § 112, first and second paragraphs, as based on a
non-enabling disclosure "and/or" failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the
subject matter which applicant regards as the invention.
On consideration of the record, we reverse these rejections.
Background
The claimed invention is directed to a method for blocking L-opioid receptors in
mammalian tissue comprising contacting said receptors with an effective amount of a
compound of the formula:
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