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               Appeal No. 1996-2920                                                                                               
               Application 08/238,214                                                                                             


               remaining in the application.                                                                                      

                                                       THE INVENTION                                                              

                      Appellant claims a method for raising the level of high density cholesterol and reducing the level          

               of low density cholesterol in a human subject.  Claim 9 is illustrative and reads as follows:                      

                      9.  A method of raising the level of high density cholesterol and reducing the level of low density         
               cholesterol in a human subject comprising administering to said subject between about 50 milligrams                
               and about 1000 milligrams of trans-resveratrol daily.                                                              


                                                      THE REFERENCES                                                              

                                               References applied in the rejection                                                

               Chemical Abstract 103:70127r (CA ‘127) (Sep. 2, 1985), abstract of Japanese Kokai Tokkyo Koho                      
               JP 60-9455, Jan. 18, 1985.                                                                                         

               Chemical Abstract 116: 254401a (CA ‘401) (June 22, 1992), abstract of E.H. Siemann and L.L.                        
               Creasy, “Concentration of the Phytoalexin Resveratrol in Wine”, 43 Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 49-52 (1992).               

                                                Additional references addressed                                                   
                                                 by appellant and the examiner                                                    

               E.H. Siemann and L.L. Creasy (Siemann), “Concentration of the Phytoalexin Resveratrol in Wine”, 43                 
               Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 49-52 (1992).                                                                                  

               Martine Seigneur et al. (Seigneur), “Effect of the Consumption of Alcohol, White Wine, and Red Wine                
               on Platelet Function and Serum Lipids”, 5 J. Appl. Cardiol. 215-22 (1990).                                         

               Hideko Arichi et al. (Arichi), “Effects of Stilbene Components of the Roots of Polygonum cuspidatum                
               Sieb. et Zucc. on Lipid Metabolism”, 30 Chem. Pharm. Bull. 1766-70 (1982).                                         



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