Interference No. 103,675
their earlier filed applications for which Chen et al. claim benefit.
See also 37 C.F.R. § 1.637(f)(3).
On July 1, 1992, Chen filed application Serial Number
07/907,261. On January 19, 1993, Chen re-filed a continuation of said
application as Serial Number 08/006,423. The involved Chen patent in
this interference was filed as a continuation-in-part of said
continuation application on March 11, 1993, as Serial Number
08/029,819. After Chen's first filed application was filed but before
Chen's continuation application was filed, Bouchard filed their French
application on December 9, 1992. Bouchard has been accorded benefit of
the filing date for their French application in this proceeding.
CHEN APPLICATION SERIAL NUMBER 07/907,261
The first filed Chen et al. application for which Chen et
al. seek benefit for the subject matter of the count was filed on July
1, 1992 and is entitled "FLUORO TAXOLS." On page 3 of the application,
after acknowledging that the introduction of fluorine into
pharmacologically active compounds has led to "the discovery of some
profound and unexpected results", Chen et al. state:
It is the intention of the present invention to
provide fluorinated taxols and their derivatives.
Under the heading "SUMMARY OF INVENTION", Chen et al. disclose a
compound of the formula I and describe it as a "fluorinated taxol
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