Appeal No. 95-1167
Application 07/928,027
our consideration the final rejection of claims 1, 2, and 4 to
19, all the claims now remaining in the application.
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a cellulose-
based tubular foodstuff casing which has a coating comprising
chitosan on its inner and/or outer surface wherein the chitosan
is chemically linked to the cellulose in the casing.
Appellants separately argue each claim. Claim 1 is the only
independent claim and reads as follows:
1. A cellulose-based tubular foodstuffs casing having inner
and outer surfaces, said casing comprising a coating on said
inner surface, on said outer surface, or on said inner and said
outer surfaces, wherein
said coating comprises chitosan chemically linked to
celluose present in said casing, and
wherein said cellulose has been prepared from a viscose
solution by coagulation and regeneration.
The references relied upon by the Examiner are:
Rose et al. (Rose) 3,427,169 Feb. 11, 1969
O'Brien et al. (O’Brien) 3,645,760 Feb. 29, 1972
Kosugi et al. (Kosugi) 4,378,017 Mar. 29, 1983
Godo et al. (Godo)2
(Japanese) 174,699 Jul. 11, 1989
The PTO translation of this Japanese laid open application indicates2
that the inventive entity is Godo et al. and not Taguchi et al.
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