Ex parte SINGH et al. - Page 25




          Appeal No. 95-0865                                                           
          Application 08/08/007,950                                                    

                    (a) chloro, bromo, iodo,                                           
                    (b) an aryl sulfonyloxy group,                                     
                    (c) a substituted alkyl sulfonyloxy group,                         
                    (d) a nitro-substituted benzene sulfonyloxy group, and             
                    (e) fluorosulfonyloxy, and                                         
               (2) "P" or "Prot" is a protecting group (Z ) selected from              
                                                           1                           
          the group consisting of:                                                     
                    (a) t-butyldimethylsilyl,                                          
                    (b) t-butyldiphenylsilyl,                                          
                    (c) (tri-phenylmethyl)dimethylsilyl,                               
                    (d) methyldiisopropylsilyl,                                        
                    (e) triisopropylsilyl,                                             
                    (f) benzyl,                                                        
                    (g) p-methoxybenzyl,                                               
                    (h) trityl,                                                        
                    (i) 4-monomethoxytrityl,                                           
                    (j) 4,4'-dimethoxytrityl and                                       
                    (k) acyl groups of the formula                                     
                                        O                                              
                                        5                                              
                                   )))))C)) R5                                         
                         wherein R  is                                                 
                                  5                                                    
                              i)   straight or branched chain alkyl                    
                                   of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or                           
                              ii) phenyl.                                              
               Slusarchyk differs from the invention defined by claim 25 in            
          that Slusarchyk does not describe the use of the purine in its               
          tetraalkylammonium salt form.  Rather, Slusarchyk describes the              

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