Appeal 2006-3377
Application 09/929,075
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
The field of the invention is “solid preparations . . . suitable for the
food sector and animal feed sector or for pharmaceutical and cosmetic
applications.” (Specification (hereafter “Spec.”) 1, ll. 4-6.) The claimed
subject matter is reflected in claim 1, reproduced below:2
1. A solid preparation of at least two active compounds
suitable for the food sector and animal feed sector or for
pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications in the form of a
multicore structure in which at least two cores of a multicore
structure have a different chemical composition.
According to the specification, the claimed preparations “firstly
prevent or decrease unwanted interactions between the active compounds
within the multicore structure by encapsulation of the individual active
compounds, and secondly they permit more flexible organization of the
production of user-friendly formulations of active-compound-containing
mixtures.” (Spec. at 3.)
The Examiner relied on the following prior art:
Horn US 4,522,743 Jun.11, 1985
Khachik US 5,382,714 Jan.17, 1995
Ausich US 5,648,564 Jul. 15, 1997
Akamatsu US 5,780,056 Jul. 14, 1998
2 Appellants do not separately argue the claims. Thus we consider the
contentions of the Examiner and Appellants with respect to representative
claim 1.
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