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                         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                                for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BRYAN W. WOLF                                              
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                                           Appeal No. 2006-2467                                              
                                         Application No. 10/157,644                                          
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                    
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                Before SCHEINER, GRIMES, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.                            
                GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                          

                                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                      This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s                 
                final rejection of claims 1-3, 5, 7-9, 11, 13-15 and 17.  Claims 1, 7 and 13 are the         
                independent claims on appeal, and read as follows:                                           
                      1. A method for blunting the postprandial glycemic response to                         
                      a meal, said method comprising feeding an individual from about 2                      
                      grams to about 30 grams of a source of supplemental fructose from                      
                      about 10 minutes to about 90 minutes prior to a meal, wherein the                      
                      source of supplemental fructose is selected from the group                             
                      consisting of liquid fructose, powder fructose and crystalline                         
                      fructose, in a dosage form selected from the group consisting of                       
                      sachet, tablet, caplet, lozenge, powder, syrup and liquid.                             
                      7. A method for modulating blood glucose, said method                                  
                      comprising feeding an individual from about 2 grams to about 30                        






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