Appeal No. 95-0459
Application No. 07/941,845
through 11 and 13 through 25, as amended after the final
rejection. See the amendment dated November 3, 1993 (Paper
No. 29) and the advisory action dated November 26, 1993 (Paper
No. 32).
THE INVENTION
Appellants’ invention is directed to sucrose
polyesters(SPE’s) of mixed fatty acids having both short
carbon chain lengths of about 4 to about 12 carbon atoms and
long carbon chain lengths from about 20 to about 24 carbon
atoms. The invention requires specific mole ratios of short
chain to long chain radicals, and a degree of esterification
of from about 7 to about 8. The sucrose polyesters have a
minimum melting point of 47 C. The invention is furthero
directed to food compositions which contain a non-digestible
oil and the aforementioned sucrose polyesters.
THE CLAIMS
Claims 24 and 25 are illustrative of appellants’
invention and are reproduced below;
24. A fatty acid ester of sucrose, the fatty acid groups
consisting essentially of short chain saturated straight chain
fatty acid radicals containing from about 4 to about 12 carbon
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