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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 59
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KATSUMITSU KISHIMOTO, KAZUHIKO KINTAKA and
HIROYUKI YOSHINAGA
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Appeal No. 1996-2215
Application No. 08/101,093
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH and SPIEGEL, Administrative
Patent Judges.
WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the examiner’s decision rejecting
claims 25 through 36.
Claims 25, 34 and 35 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal and read as follows:
25. An industrial production method for producing L-
sorbose by microbial oxidation of D-sorbitol using a
microorganism of the genus Gluconobacter, comprising:
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