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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 10 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte H. DeWAYNE ASHMEAD __________ Appeal No. 94-3206 Application 07/823,8271 __________ ON BRIEF __________ 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. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007