Method for improving memory

Patent 4647591 Issued on March 3, 1987. Estimated Expiration Date:

October 7, 2005. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Eli Lilly and Company

Application

No. 06/785411 filed on 10/07/1985

US Classes:

514/651Ether oxygen is part of the chain

Examiners

Primary: Friedman, Stanley J.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

A61K 31/135 (20060101)

Abstract

Fluoxetine can be employed to improve memory in mammals and to treat amnesia.

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