Ex parte BROBERG et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1997-1617                                       Page 2           
          Application No. 08/220,808                                                  


          derived from a reading of exemplary claims 11, 25 and 27,                   
          which are reproduced below.                                                 
                         11.  A process for preparing breadcrumbs                     
                    comprising:                                                       
                         introducing ingredients comprising a ground                  
                    cereal, a reducing sugar, a fat and water into                    
                    an extruder so that the ingredients have a dry                    
                    matter content of at least 75% by weight and                      
                    extrusion-cooking the ingredients at a                            
                    temperature of at least 150EC and under a                         
                    pressure of at least 45 bar to obtain an                          
                    extruded, cooked product having a fat content of                  
                    from 7% to 12% by weight;                                         
                         grinding the extruded, cooked product to                     
                    obtain a ground particulate product; and                          
                         drying the ground particulate product to                     
                    obtain a dried product.                                           
                         25.  The product of the process of claim 11                  
                    or 12.                                                            
                         27.  A particulate extrusion-cooked                          
                    breadcrumb product having a fat content, which                    
                    comprises hydrogenated palm oil, in an amount of                  
                    from 7% to 12% by weight.                                         
               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                  
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                              
          Giacone et al. (Giacone)                4,609,558           Sep.            
          02, 1986                                                                    
          Lees      et al. (Lees)                 2,095,529           Oct.            
          06, 1982 (United Kingdom)                                                   










Page:  Previous  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007