Appeal 2007-2556
Application 10/274,711
ingredients are used in standard ways to produce standard benefits, the
combination is facially obvious.29
HOLDING
In view of the strong teachings and suggestions in the prior art to use
all of the ingredients in claim 1 in a food supplement, we must uphold the
examiner's rejection of claim 1. Since the appellant has not specifically
argued the separate patentability of any other claim, we uphold the rejection
of claims 2-27 as well. The examiner's rejection of claims 1-27 is—
AFFIRMED
Donald R. Fraser
FRASER CLEMENS MARTIN & MILLER LLC
28366 KENSINGTON LANE
PERRYSBURG, OH 43551
29 KSR Int'l, 127 S. Ct. at 1740, 82 USPQ2d at 1395-96, citing Sakraida v.
AG Pro, Inc., 425 U.S. 273, 282 (1976); accord Richardson-Vicks Inc. v.
Upjohn Co., 122 F.3d 1476, 1484, 44 USPQ2d 1181, 1187 (Fed. Cir. 1997)
(obvious to combine compositions treating different symptoms of same
disorder).
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