Appeal No. 1997-1849
Application 08/414,180
caused by alcohol abuse, or (2) a method for treating drug dependence caused by alcohol
abuse. In this regard, we invite attention to allowed claim 51, which reads as follows:
51. A method for treatment of an addictive, compulsive disorder caused by alcohol
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.
We also invite attention to the Examiner's Answer, page 4, lines 4 through 6, where the
examiner notes that “testing in the specification relates in large part to alcohol dependence
treatment.” As best understood, the examiner's position is that the appealed claims are
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