Ex Parte Renshaw - Page 2


            Appeal No. 2006-1066                                                          Page 2              
            Application No. 09/810,109                                                                        

                   any form of behavior that indicates an altered or reduced ability to make                  
                   decisions resulting, at least in part, from the use of alcohol or opiates. . . .           
                   This term also includes the psychic craving for alcohol or an opiate that                  
                   may or may not be accompanied by a physiological dependency. . . .                         
                   Forms of “dependency” include habituation, that is, an emotional or                        
                   psychological dependence on alcohol or an opiate to obtain relief from                     
                   tension and emotional discomfort; tolerance, that is, the progressive need                 
                   for increasing doses to achieve and sustain a desired effect; addiction,                   
                   that is, physical or physiological dependence which is beyond voluntary                    
                   control; and use of alcohol or an opiate to prevent withdrawal symptoms.                   
            Page 4, line 19, to page 5, line 6.                                                               
                   To treat alcohol dependency, as well as the other conditions, the specification            
            describes “administering a therapeutically-effective amount of a cytidine-containing,             
            cytosine-containing, creatine-containing, uridine-containing, adenosine-containing, or            
            adenosine-elevating compound to a mammal.”  Page 3, lines 18-20.  The specification               
            defines “therapeutically-effective amount” as an amount of the compound “sufficient to            
            produce a healing, curative, prophylactic, stabilizing, or ameliorative effect in the             
            treatment of” the various conditions, including alcohol dependency.  Page 8, lines 13-19.         
                                                 Discussion                                                   
            1.  Claims                                                                                        
                   Claims 1 and 5-17 are pending and on appeal.  Claim 1 is independent.  Claims              
            5-17 each depend, directly or indirectly, from claim 1.  Claims 5-7, 9-11, and 14-17              
            stand or fall together with claim 1.  Appeal Brief, page 4.  Claims 8, 12 and 13 were             
            separately argued.  Thus, we will focus on claims 1, 8, 12 and 13, which are                      
            representative and read as follows:                                                               
                   1.  A method of treating alcohol dependency, comprising administering                      
                         to a mammal a therapeutically-effective amount of a compound                         
                         selected from the group consisting of a cytidine-containing                          
                         compound, a cytosine-containing compound, a uridine-containing                       





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