Ex parte HUGHES et al. - Page 3




              Appeal No. 1998-0653                                                                          3                
              Application No. 08/282,278                                                                                     


              any substituent of any substituted phenyl or substituted naphthyl at A or B is selected                        
              from the group consisting essentially of hydrogen, a second stable organic                                     
              radical, a heterocyclic group, halogen, a second nitrogen-substituted group,                                   
                      and a second nitrogen-substituted ring group, provided that at least one                               
                            substituent of at least one substituted phenyl or substituted naphthyl at                       
              either                                                                                                         
                      A or B is phenyl, naphthyl, or furyl.                                                                  

                                                                                                                            
                                                    THE REJECTIONS                                                           
                                                                                                                            

                      Claims 1 through 7 and 41 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first and                              

              second paragraphs as the claimed invention is not described in such full, clear, concise,                      

              and exact terms to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the same, and/or                       

              for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which appellants                 

              regard as the invention.                                                                                       

              Claims 1 through 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph for                                  

              failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which appellants                     

              regard as the invention.                                                                                       

              Claims 1 through 7 and 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second                                         

              paragraph for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which                  

              appellants regard as the invention.                                                                            

              Claims 1 through 7, 37 and 38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first                                      

              paragraph for failing to enable one skilled in the art to make the compounds wherein R4                        







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