Ex parte BODIAN et al. - Page 3




               Appeal No. 95-1364                                                                                                 
               Application No. 07/919,287                                                                                         


                              1.      A method of treating a viral condition caused by an enveloped virus, said                   
                              method comprising using a therapeutically effective amount of a compound                            
                              selected from the group consisting of a substituted benzene, wherein said benzene                   
                                              1     2      1       2                               1                           
                              comprises a 2-R , 3-R -1-OX , 4-OX  compound where at least one of R  and                           
                                2                                                      1          2                           
                              R  include a carbon linkage to the benzene ring and OX  and OX  are                                 
                              simultaneously hydroxy.                                                                             

                              14.     A method of treating a viral condition caused by an enveloped virus, said                   
                              method comprising using a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having                     
                              an IC  of less than 10  M in the INF assay, wherein said compound comprises-3                                                                             
                                   50                                                                                             
                                                                                          1    2       1                          
                              a substituted benzene, wherein said benzene comprises a 2-R , 3-R -1-OX , 4-                        
                                  2                              1      2                                                      
                              OX  compound where at least one of R  and R  include a carbon linkage to the                        
                                                    1        2                                                                    
                              benzene ring and OX  and OX  are simultaneously hydroxy.                                            

                              23.     A method of treating a viral condition caused by an enveloped virus, said                   
                              method comprising using a therapeutically effective amount of a compound which                      
                              binds near the hinge region or near the stem region of hemagglutinin.                               

                              26.     A method of treating a viral condition wherein the viral condition is caused                
                              by a virus having a fusion protein which has a native, non-fusogenic conformation                   
                              and a second, fusogenic conformation, the method comprising using a                                 
                              therapeutically effective amount of a compound which binds to the fusion protein                    
                              in the native conformation and reduces the ability of the fusion protein to adopt the               
                              fusogenic conformation.                                                                             
               As we understand the subject matter of claims 1 and 14,  the substituted benzene compound set forth in             
               these claim is represented by the following                      structural formula:                               
                                                              OH                                                                  
                                                                1          1                                                      
                                                                          R                                                       
                                                         6                                                                        
                                                                      2                                                           
                                                         5                                                                        
                                                                     3                                                            
                                                                           2                                                      
                                                                          R                                                       
                                                              4                                                                   
                                                              OH                                                                  

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