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and included them in her Fourth Quarter Report (CX 247). Dr. Golik
also reported the results in his quarterly report to Drs. Farina and
Vayas in November 1991 (CX 88).
The work allegedly performed by Dr. Chen in August 1992 is
entirely uncorroborated. Further, all the work of Drs. Golik and Gao
"confirming" the identity of the samples allegedly prepared by Dr.
Chen was based entirely on information Dr. Chen provided them with
respect to the compounds structure and identity. Thus, none
of the testimony by Drs. Golik and Gao or their work "identifying" the
samples given to them by Dr. Chen can be considered to be
corroboration independent of the inventors.
BMS-182902-01
In November 1991, Dr. Kant, at the request of Dr. Chen,
attached the Taxotere side-chain to the mixture of the 7-fluoro
epimers of baccatin III he had prepared and recorded in his notebook
number 32242. Dr. Kant recorded the procedure he used to prepare the
compounds in his laboratory notebook (CX 38; CX 39). Dr. Kant signed
his notebook pages in April 1994. Under the heading "WITNESSED AND
UNDERSTOOD BY" at the bottom right hand side of the notebook page
there is an illegible signature and a date which appears to be either
April ("4") or September ("9") 1994. As with all Chen et al.'s
proffered notebook pages, the witness of Dr. Kant's notebook pages has
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