The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ALLAN LEPINE __________ Appeal No. 2005-1949 Application No. 09/829,168 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before GARRIS, FRANKLIN, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3-12. Claims 2 and 13-36 have been canceled. Thus, only claims 1 and 3-12 are before us on appeal. REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM Claim 1 is representative of the claimed subject matter and reads as follows: 1. A method of providing nutrition to a critical care canine comprising:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007