Appeal No. 1996-2396
Application 08/285,873
1. Method for treating excessive scalp exfoliation or scalp hyperkeratinization
in a subject comprising applying to the scalp of a subject with excessive scalp exfoliation
or scalp hyperkeratization an amount of vitamin B12 sufficient to alleviate said excessive
scalp exfoliation or scalp hyperkeratization.
4. The method of 1 wherein said exfoliation or hyperkeratization is dandruff.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein said subject is a non-human animal.
The reference relied upon by the examiner is:
Choay 3,876,765 Apr. 8, 1975
The claims stand rejected as follows:
Claims 1 and 4 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Choay.
Claims 1 and 4 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Choay.
We reverse.
Discussion
As indicated by the claims above, the present invention is directed to a method of
treating humans and non-human animals suffering from excessive scalp exfoliation or
hyperkeratization using vitamin B12. Such conditions of the scalp are said to include
dandruff. Specification, p. 2, lines 8-10.
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