Ex Parte Onwulata - Page 1




               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 15           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                            Ex parte CHARLES I. ONWULATA                              
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2002-2333                                  
                             Application No. 09/741,467                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before KIMLIN, PAK and PAWLIKOWSI, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-16.             
          Claim 1 is illustrative:                                                    
               1.  A dietary fiber composition produced by a process                  
          comprising                                                                  
               cooking a calcium caseinate or calcium caseinate and whey              
          protein isolate slurry, wherein said slurry contains no more than           
          50% whey protein isolate, in an evaporator to produce a slurry of           
          cross-linked matrices of protein,                                           
               adding dietary fiber to said slurry of cross-linked matrices           
          of protein to form a mixture, and                                           

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