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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges.
SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 134 from the examiner=s final
rejection of claims 30, 32, 33, 45, 46, 48 and 59-61. Claims 49, 51, 57 and 58, also
pending in the application, have been allowed by the examiner. The claims on appeal
read as follows:
30. 9-(4-hydroxy-3-hydroxymethylbut-1-yl) guanine having a purity of greater
than 95% by weight.
32. 9-(4-hydroxy-3-hydroxymethylbut-1-yl) guanine having an ultraviolet
spectroscopic molar extinction coefficient (ε) of about 11,500 in water at a λmax of about
253 nm.
33. 9-(4-hydroxy-3-hydroxymethylbut-1-yl) guanine having an 1H-NMR spectrum
of dH [(CD3)2SO] 1.3-1.5 (3H, m, CHCH2CH2), 3.42 (4H, d, J 5Hz, 2x CH2O), 3.99 (2H, t,
J 7Hz, CH2N), 4.41 (2H, br, D2O exchangeable, 2x OH), 6.44 (2H, s, D2O
exchangeable, 2-NH2), 7.71 (1H, s, 8-H), and 10.55 (1H, br, D2O exchangeable, 1-H),
and having substantially no detectable signal in the δ7.1-7.4 region of the 1H-NMR
spectrum.
45. 9-(4-hydroxy-3-hydroxymethylbut-1-yl) guanine in substantially pure form.
46. The sodium salt of 9-(4-hydroxy-3-hydroxymethylbut-1-yl) guanine, said salt
being in substantially pure form.
48. 9-(4-hydroxy-3-hydroxymethylbut-1-yl) guanine having a purity of greater
than 90% by weight.
59. 9-(4-hydroxy-3-hydroxymethylbut-1-yl) guanine, in crystalline form, having a
purity of greater than 90% by weight.
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