THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KEIJI TAMURA ____________ Appeal No. 1996-0111 Application No. 08/041,428 ____________ HEARD: May 18, 2000 ____________ Before WINTERS, ROBINSON, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges. ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-26, which are all of the claims pending in this case. Independent claims 1 and 25 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows: 1. A method for controlling the health of a group of animals and maintaining the group of animals in a condition of optimum health to maximize the productivity of the animals in the group, comprising the steps of 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007