Ex parte ASHMEAD - Page 1




                                     THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                       
                 The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for                                                     
                 publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                            
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                                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                         
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                                            BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                          
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                     Ex parte H. DeWAYNE ASHMEAD                                                                        
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                                                              Appeal No. 94-3206                                                                        
                                                            Application 07/823,8271                                                                     
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                                                                     ON BRIEF                                                                           
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                 Before WINTERS, SOFOCLEOUS, and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent                                                                
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                         

                                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                          
                          This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1                                                  
                 through 4, 7 through 13, 15 through 18, and 20, all the claims in the application.                                                     
                          Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:                                                 
                          1.  A method for facilitating digestion of carbohydrates into simple sugars in                                                
                 warm-blooded animals by maintaining and enhancing the natural disaccharidase                                                           


                          1Application for patent filed January 22, 1992.                                                                               
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