Appeal No. 2000-0643
Application 08/273,423
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1
through 16, all the claims in the application. Claims 1 and 15 are representative and read
as follows:
1. A composition for the treatment of hair loss comprising effective amounts of:
a corticosteroid,
a Vitamin A derivative, and
a carrier agent for said corticosteroid and said Vitamin A derivative.
15. A method of treatment for hair restoration of a patient comprising the steps
of:
administering a corticosteroid to a hairless area of the skin of the
patient; and
administering a Vitamin A derivative to said hairless area of the
skin of the patient.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Kligman 5,026,691 Jun. 25, 1991
Lesnik et al. (Lesnik), “Topical all-trans-retinoic acid prevents corticosteroid-induced skin
atrophy without abrogating the anti-inflammatory effect,” J. Am. Acad. Dermatol., Vol. 21,
pp. 186-190 (1989)
Bazzano et al. (Bazzano), “Effect of Retinoids on Follicular Cells,” J. Invest. Dermatol., Vol.
101, pp. 138S-142S (1993)
The claims stand rejected as follows:2
I. Claims 1 through 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Lesnik.
2 According to the Advisory Action (paper no. 16, mailed April 16, 1997), the
rejection of claims 1 through 16 under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 (as based on
a non-enabling disclosure), and the rejection of claims 15 and 16 under the second
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 have been withdrawn.
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