Appeal No. 1997-0481 Application No. 08/161,071 Claim 19 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced below: 19. A process for obtaining a 2’,3’-dideoxy-2’,3’-didehydronucleoside of formula (VIII): wherein B is an unsubstituted or 5-substituted uracil residue bound at its 1-position, and R2 is a hydrogen atom, an acyl group, an aralkyl group, or a silyl group, said process comprising reacting, with an acid anhydride, a nucleoside derivative of formula (VII): wherein R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and B is identical to the uracil residue of formula (VIII). 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007