Appeal No. 1999-1681
Application 08/634,830
THE REFERENCES
The prior art references relied on by the examiner are:
Yamamoto et al. (Yamamoto) 3,682,914 Aug 8, 1972
Hakim et al. (Hakim) 3,975,388 Aug 17, 1976
Sircar (Sicar '854) 4,397,854 Aug 9, 1983
Sicar et al. (Sicar et al. '415) 4,734,415 Mar 29, 1988
Burger, Alfred (editor), Medicinal Chemistry, Second Edition, Interscience Publishers, Inc.,
New York, page 43 (1960)
THE REJECTIONS
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1, 2, 5, 6, and 12 through 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
the combined disclosures of Sicar '854 and Burger;
(2) Claims 1, 2, 5, 6, and 12 through 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
the combined disclosures of Hakim, Sicar '854, Sicar et al '415, and Burger;
(3) Claims 1, 2, 5, 6 and 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the
combined disclosures of Yamamoto and Burger;
(4) Claim 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as "the obvious method of making a mixture and
therefore unpatentable" (Examiner's Answer, page 12); and
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