A patent with the composition claims has already issued (11,090,320), and this is a divisional. My main method claim as filed has the steps of (among others)—

*Original claim --*

**A method for reducing methylation of a subject’s mitochondrial DNA, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing at least one promoter for mitochondrial fission and at least one promoter for mitochondrial biogenesis, and optionally providing at least one promoter for demethylase;
(b) a first delay interval;
(c) etc.**

The examiner based his 112 rejection on these promoters, which I provided examples of in the spec. Can I simply eliminate the promoters to eliminate the 112 rejection? Like so —

*Proposed new claim --*

**A method for reducing methylation of a subject’s mitochondrial DNA, comprising the steps of:
(a) promoting mitochondrial fission;
(b) promoting mitochondrial biogenesis, and optionally promoting demethylase;  

and after a first delay interval;
(c) etc.**