Appeal No. 95-2441
Application 07/987,211
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from an
examiner’s rejections of Claims 1-13 and 26-29, all claims
pending in this application.
Introduction
Claims 1, 6-13 and 27-29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102 as anticipated by, or under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable in view of, the teaching of Ghebre-Sellassie,
U.S. Patent 4,971,804, patented November 20, 1990. Claims 1-
13 and 26-29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable in view of the combined teachings of Sibbald et
al. (Sibbald),
U.S. Patent 3,541,204, patented November 17, 1970; Iijima et
al. (Iijima), U.S. Patent 4,948,589, patented August 14, 1990;
UK Patent Specification 765,885, published January 16, 1957;
and Hawley, The Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Tenth Edition,
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, NY, pp. 246, 450, 546,
929, 930, 961, 968, 986, and 1095 (1981). Claims 1 and 26 are
representative of the claimed inventions and read:
1. A composition of matter comprising particles
suitable for introduction of a bioactive substance to the
post-rumen portion of the digestive system of a ruminant
substantially without introducing said substance to the
rumen portion of the digestive system, said particles
having
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