Appeal No. 1995-3047 Application No. 07/805,729 15. A highly water-soluble, stable, crystalline salt of 2',3'-dideoxy-2'-fluoroinosine of Formula (III): wherein X is an alkali or alkaline earth metal ion, an ammonium ion or a quaternary amino ion, and n is 0.5 to 2.0. The references relied on by the examiner are: Verheyden et al. (Verheyden) 3,817,982 Jun. 18, 1974 Mitsuya et al. (Mitsuya) WO 87/01284 Mar. 12, 1987 Marquez et al. (Marquez) 0 287 313 Oct. 19, 1988 (European Patent Application) Lin et al. 0 273 277 Jul. 06, 1988 (European Patent Application) Lin et al., "Potent and Selective in Vitro Activity of 3'-Deoxythymidin-2'-ene (3'-Deoxy-2',3'-didehydrothymidine) Against Human Immunodeficiency Virus," Biochemical Pharmacology, vol. 36 no. 17, pgs. 2713-2718 (1987). (Lin) 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007