Appeal No. 93-4191
Application 07/831,627
Bistrian et al. (Bistrian) 4,810,726 Mar. 7,
1989
Cotter et al. (Cotter `098) 4,920,098 Apr. 24,
1990
Babayan et al. (Babayan) 4,952,606 Aug.
28, 1990
Klemann et al. (Klemann) 4,992,292 Feb.
12, 1991
Cotter et al. (Cotter ‘89), “Competitive effects of long-
chain-triglyceride emulsion on the metabolism of medium-chain-
triglyceride emulsions”, Am. J. Clin. Nutr., Vol. 50, pp. 794-
800 (1989).
Johnson et al. (Johnson), “Medium-chain-triglyceride lipid
emulsion: metabolism and tissue distribution”, Am. J. Clin.
Nutr., Vol. 52, pp. 502-508 (1990).
A reference relied on by this merits panel is:
The Merck Manual, “Gastrointestinal Disorders”, Sixteenth
Edition, pp. 832-34 (1992).
Claims 1 through 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Cotter (‘89), Babayan,
Cotter (‘098), Cotter (‘807), Ward, Blackburn (‘197),
Blackburn (‘062), Ingenbleek, Nelson, Simko, Jandacek,
Bistrian, Klemann, and Johnson.
We reverse.
In the case before us we agree with the appellants that
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