Appeal No. 95-1641 Application No. 07/825,927 the rate of cooling necessarily requires the maintenance of a certain temperature difference. Appellants’ reliance on the Kawaizumi and Rychly references is noted. See Brief, page 8. However, these references do not indicate that the cooling rate described in the Yamauchi reference does not translate into the claimed temperature difference. As indicated by appellants (Brief, page 8), they simply state a mere truism that “the heat capacity is very much dependent on concentration and temperature.” Appellants also argue that the Yamauchi reference does not necessarily teach maintaining “the fructose solution as a supersaturated solution.” See Brief, page 14. We are not convinced by this argument. Contrary to appellants’ argument, the Yamauchi reference states (col. 1, lines 54-68): According to the present invention, it has now been found that anhydrous fructose crystals can be obtained from aqueous solutions of fructose in high yields without forming the hemi-or dihydrate crystals if the crystallization is carried out within a certain range of fructose concentration and temperature. It has been also found that this range lies within the supersaturation area a below the point at which the hemihydrate begins to crystallize out. If 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007