Appeal No. 95-0715
Application 07/936,942
1. A method of feeding nutrients to animals comprising:
forming granules comprising 1 to 70% by weight of said
nutrients;
establishing the size of said granules at from 1/64 inch
to 32/64 inch;
combining and suspending said granules with a feed
composition said feed composition having an average particle
size and wherein the size of said granules is approximately
the same as the average particle size of said feed composition
whereby said granules remain suspended in said feed.
17. A method of feeding nutrients to animals comprising:
forming granules comprising 1 to 70% by weight nutrients,
1-30% crude protein, 1-15% by weight crude fat, 1-15% by
weight crude fiber, and establishing the size of said granules
at from 1/64th inch to 32/64th inch;
combining and suspending from about .25 to about 7.5% of
said granules with a feed composition based on the total
weight of said granules and said feed composition, said feed
composition having an average particle size and wherein the
size of said granules is approximately the same as the average
particle size of said feed composition whereby said granules
remain suspended in said feed.
The appealed claims as represented by claims 1 and 17 are
drawn to methods of feeding nutrients to animals wherein a
granule comprising the nutrient has an average particle size
that is approximately the same as the average particle size of
the feed composition with which it is mixed such that the
granules remain suspended in said feed. According to
appellant, this similarity in average particle size between
the nutrient granule and the feed composition causes the
brief (page 1) and acknowledged by the examiner in the answer
(page 1).
3 We observe that appealed claim 21, the other independent
claim of record, is at least a substantial duplicate of
appealed claim 3. In the event that these claims are held to
be allowable, see MPEP ' 706.03(K), Duplicate Claims (6th ed.,
Rev. 2, July 1996).
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