Ex parte BEER et al. - Page 2




            Appeal No. 1997-1849                                                                              
            Application 08/414,180                                                                            



                                              THE INVENTION                                                   
                   Applicants' invention relates to a method for treating a human or animal suffering         
            from chemical dependence on alcohol or cocaine.  Claims 49 and 50, which are illustrative         
            of the subject matter on appeal, read as follows:                                                 
                   49.  A method for treatment of an addictive, compulsive disorder caused by alcohol         
            or cocaine abuse, which comprises the administration to a human or animal suffering from          
            such a disorder, an effective amount of the compound of the formula:                              












            in which R is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 - 6 carbon atoms;                                            
                    1                                                                                         
                   R  is hydrogen or one or two substituents selected from the halogens,                      
            alkoxy of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, CF  or alkyl of 1 - 6 carbon atoms; and                            
                                             3                                                                
                    2                                                                                         
                   R  is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl;                                                           
            or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.                                                    






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