A method according to claim i of Belleau patent 5,532,246
or
a method according to claims 1, 2, 3, or 5 of Furman application
07/775,187.
7. Belleau claim 1 reads as follows:
I . A method for the treatment of a mammal, including a
human0l, suffering from hepatitis B infection,
comprising administration of an effective amount of a compound
of formula (1)
HUc
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, or salt of an ester
thereof to said mammal.
S. Furman claims 1, 2, 3, and 5 read as follows:
I . A method of interfering with HBV production in [a] HBV
infected host comprising the administration of an effective HBV
production interfering amount of the compound
The phrase "including a human" is superfluous since "mammal" includes human.
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