Appeal No. 1995-3257
Application 08/056,382
GRIFFIN, BUTLER, WHISENHUNT
And KURTOSSY
STE. PH-1
2300 NINTH STREET, SOUTH
ARLINGTON, VA 22204-2316
HCL/dal
1"With regard to the prevention of alopecia, the Examiner does not
consider 8 day old Wistar rats to be an accepted model system; the
growth of first hair in a development stage characterized by rapid
growth and cell division is not analogous to the growth of hair in an
adult animal. Further, the prevention of inhibition of new hair growth
is not analogous to the prevention of hair loss.... It has not been
established that the growth of hair on rats is analogous to human hair
growth on the scalp (as opposed to other body hair), nor is it
believable that methods such as those disclosed in the current
specification as filed would have an analogous effect regardless of the
type of hair growth to which they were applied. Therefore, applicants
have not taught how to use the method of the invention for prevention or
treatment of alopecia.... The model system has not been shown to be
predictive of the effect achieved in humans; in the current case, as no
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