Appeal No. 93-4191
Application 07/831,627
through 4, pp. 5-11. Thus, the examiner might consider
whether
the specification description of the nutrient compositions
would have enabled one skilled in the art to “make and use”
the claimed lipid source.
Finally, assuming arguendo the specification does enable
the use of a composition comprising the appropriate lipid
source, the examiner should consider whether it would have
enabled one skilled in the art to determine whether said
compositions are capable of effective maintainance of
gastrointestinal integrity and function. That is, it does not
appear that the specification provides any assays or other
indicia by which the effects of administering the claimed
composition can be monitored. Are breakdown products to be
measured in the patient’s serum, urine, etc., or are there
physiological changes which can be observed in the patient in
which the treatment was effective?
The examiner is cautioned that should he determine that
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