Ex parte HowieDownload PDFBoard of Patent Appeals and InterferencesNov 23, 199908169918 (B.P.A.I. Nov. 23, 1999) Copy Citation 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN K. HOWIE ____________ Appeal No. 1996-0875 Application No. 08/169,9181 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ 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 70Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation