Appeal No. 1997-3886
Application No. 08/232,460
disclosed or suggested at column 3 of Fath. The examiner and
applicant should also consider the patentability of the
claimed subject matter in view of Schreiner, U.S. Patent
3,183,171, described on pages 14-15 of the specification.
Schreiner discloses the use of mixtures of two or more inert
gases, including noble gases, for the preservation of foods by
inhibiting the growth of undesirable fungi (see column 1,
lines 52-54; line 71-column 2, line 4; and column 3, lines 30-
35).
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