The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ELIE FOUQUE, and JEAN-MANUEL MAS __________ Appeal No. 2001-0971 Application No. 08/256,736 __________ HEARD: July 25, 2002 __________ Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges. GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-18. Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal, a copy of which can be found in the attached appendix. The examiner relies upon the following references: Denis et al. (Denis) 4,924,011 May 08, 1990 Swindell et al. (Swindell) “Biologically Active Taxol Analogues with Deleted A-Ring Side Chain Substituents and Variable C-2′ Configurations,” J. Med. Chem Vol. 34, pp. 1176-1184 (1991)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007