Appeal No. 2003-1804
Application No. 09/896,209
Introduction
Claims 1-33 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable in view of the combined teachings of
Birkmayer (Birkmayer I), U.S. Patent No. 5,712,259, issued on
January 27, 1998; Prof. Georg Birkmayer, M.D., Ph.D, NADH The
Energizing Coenzyme, Good Health Guide (Keats Publishing, Inc.,
New Canaan, Connecticut 1998)(Birkmayer II); Langsjoen et al.
(Langsjoen), U.S. Patent No. 5,011,858, issued on April 30, 1991;
and the website, BioActive Nutrients, ”C2 Chromium Picolinate and
L-Carnitine,” http://www.bioactivenutrients.com/c2.html, 1999
(Bioactive Nutrients). Independent Claims 1, 12, and 23 read as
follows:
1. A method for alleviating the effects of sleep
deprivation in a human being, comprising administering to
a human being exhibiting the effects of sleep deprivation an
amount of NADH or NADPH or a physiologically compatible salt
of NADH or NADPH which is effective to reduce or eliminate
said effects of sleep deprivation.
12. A method for alleviating the effects of jet lag in
a human being, comprising administering to a human being
exhibiting the effects of jet lag an amount of NADH or NADPH
or a physiologically compatible salt of NADH or NADPH which
is effective to reduce or eliminate said effects of jet
lag.
23. A method for enhancing attentiveness or reaction
time in a human being, comprising administering to a human
being an amount of NADH or NADPH or a physiologically
compatible salt of NADH or NADPH which is effective to
improve attentiveness or reaction time.
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