Appeal No. 95-3959
Application 08/051,492
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1
through 5. Claims 6 through 8 are pending but have been withdrawn from
consideration by the examiner.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:
1. A method for providing nutrition to a pet suffering from an injury which
manifests a hypermetabolic state, the method comprising the steps of
(a) preparing an enteral suspension of nutrients in syringeable form the
composition of which is adjusted to present to the hypermetabolic animal the nutrients
in sufficient amounts to attenuate a hypermetabolic response associated with the injury,
(b) filling a syringe with the syringeable composition, the syringe having a tip
through the opening of which the syringeable composition can be discharged,
(c) inserting the tip of the syringe directly into the oral cavity of the animal,
(d) discharging the composition into the oral cavity of the animal at a controlled
rate and then,
(e) continuing to discharge the syringeable composition into the oral cavity of the
animal until the animal has swallowed the desired quantity of the syringeable
composition.
The reference relied upon by the examiner is:
Henningfield et al. (Henningfield) 5,221,668 Jun. 22, 1993
(filed Feb. 26, 1992)
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