Star Scientific Announces Allowance of Patent Claims Covering Products for Weight Loss and Reduction in Tobacco Use
GLEN ALLEN, Va., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Star Scientific, Inc. ( CIGX) announced that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for claims covering a product formulation that, among other uses, assists in weight loss and also the reduction of tobacco use. Application No. 12/826,985, entitled "Nutritional Product Containing Anatabine and Yerba Mate," describes and claims compositions containing a combination of anatabine and yerba mate, as well as the uses of those compositions for assisting in weight loss and in curbing the urge to use tobacco. The Notice of Allowance was issued on July 3, 2012, to Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, the company's wholly owned subsidiary. As is typical in the patent examination process, the Notice of Allowance was issued after the company satisfactorily responded to two prior USPTO office actions. A written patent will be issued by the USPTO within the next several months.
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Paul L Perito, Esq, Chairman, President, and Chief Operating Officer of Star Scientific noted, "We are very pleased that the Patent and Trademark Office will issue a second patent to the company this year relating to anatabine and its uses. As we noted in reporting on the issuance of a patent for the synthesis of anatabine (Patent No. 8,207,346), we continue to pursue other patents relating to product formulations containing anatabine and methods of administering anatabine for the nutritional management of disorders associated with unhealthy levels of inflammation. When this patent issues, the company will have a portfolio of fifteen U.S. patents and one U.S. design patent." |
