Ex Parte BUECHLER et al - Page 2


                 Appeal No.  2002-0019                                                         Page 2                  
                 Application No.  08/517,949                                                                           

                        Claim 4 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced                      
                 below:                                                                                                
                        4.  A compound of the formula:                                                                 
                                                                         N                                             
                                                                         CH2CH2CH2NCH3                                 
                                                                                R                                      
                        where R is a group comprising one of the following:                                            
                                  O                            O      O                                                
                                                      ,                                                                
                                   CASH                        CCH2CH2SCCH3                                            

                                  O O                          O      O                                                
                                  CASCCH3             ,        C  A   CNH                                              
                                                                      O      S                                         
                              O       O                                                                                
                              C   A   CNHCHCH2CH2SH   [,]                                                              
                                         COOH                                                                          
                                                                      O                                                
                                                     [,]                                                               
                                                                 A   SCCH3                                             
                                 A   SH                                                                                
                                     O                           O         O                                           
                                 A   CNH              ,       A  CNH   A   CNH                                         
                                      O      S                              O      S                                   
                                     O                            O         O                                          
                                 A   CNHCHCH2CH2SH    ,        A  CNH   A   CNHCHCH2CH2SH                              
                                        COOH                                   COOH                                    

                                     O                           O                                                     
                                  CH2CNH              ,        CH2CNHCHCH2CH2SH                                        
                                                                    COOH                                               
                                     O      S                                                                          
                               where A is a linking group from 1 to 20 carbons and from 0 to 10                        
                        heteroatoms (NH, O, S), either branched or straight chain.                                     

                 The references relied upon by the examiner are:                                                       






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