Appeal No. 1997-0221
Application 08/248,496
supported by appellant’s originally filed disclosure (Answer,
page 4). Accordingly, the examiner’s rejection of claims 3-6
under the first paragraph of § 112 is reversed.
B. The Rejection under § 103
The examiner finds that range mineral supplements
containing 20-30% salt, greater than 10% of a phosphorus
compound, sulfur
sources such as ferrous sulfate and copper sulfate, potassium
salts such as potassium iodide, potassium sulfate, and
potassium chloride, magnesium salts such as magnesium oxide,
trace elements and vitamins are well known, as shown by ACCO
and Moorman (Answer, page 5). However, the examiner admits
that neither of these references teach adding sodium
bicarbonate to a range mineral supplement (id.).
To remedy this deficiency in ACCO and Moorman, the
examiner applies Hogan for the teaching of adding sodium
bicarbonate and sodium sesquicarbonate to feed supplements for
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