Ex parte Howie

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Nov 23, 1999

08169918 (B.P.A.I. Nov. 23, 1999)

Application for patent filed December 20, 1993. 1
According to the appellant, the application is a continuation-
in-part of Application No. 07/968,775, filed on October 30,
1992, now abandoned.
THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today (1) was not written for publication in a law
journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the
Board.
Paper No. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN K. HOWIE
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Appeal No. 1996-0875
Application No. 08/169,9181
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ON BRIEF
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Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 1-19.
Representative claims 1 and 17 are reproduced below:
Appeal No. 1996-0875
Application No. 08/169,918
The appealed claims stand or fall together. See the2
brief at page 4.
2
1. A nondigestible fat composition useful as a
replacement for triglyceride fats or oil in foods, which
composition has a Solid Fat Content profile slope between 70