The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MARK E. WILSON, RONNY L. MOSER,
DONALD E. JR. ORR, DAVID D. HALL, and DOUGLAS M. WEBEL
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Appeal No. 2005-2267
Application No. 09/870,899
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ON BRIEF
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Before SCHEINER, ADAMS, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-6, 8, 9, 13-20, 23, 25, 41, and 71-102,
which are all the claims pending in the application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
1. A method of increasing the reproductive performance of a female
swine, comprising the step of administering to the female swine a feed
composition comprising a marine animal product;
wherein the marine animal product comprises C20 and C22 omega-3
fatty acids or esters thereof; and
wherein the feed composition as a final mixture comprises about
0.025% to about 2% by weight of the marine animal product.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
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