Appeal No. 95-1829
Application No. 08/068,040
appeal are directed to a composition useful for inhibiting
enzymatic browning of raw fruit and vegetable juices. Claims
38 and 39 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and
read as follows:
38. A composition useful for inhibiting enzymatic browning of
raw juice selected from the group consisting of raw fruit
juice, raw vegetable juice and mixtures thereof, which
composition consists essentially of (a) at least one sulfated
polysaccharide in an amount sufficient to inhibit enzymatic
browning; and (b) a promoter selected from the group
consisting of chelating agents, acidulants, and mixtures
thereof in an amount sufficient to enhance the browning
inhibiting effect of said polysaccharide; wherein said
polysaccharide is from about 0.025 percent weight:volume to
about 1.0 percent weight:volume and said promoter is from
about 0.25 percent weight:volume to about 1 percent
weight:volume.
39. A raw juice selected from the group consisting of raw
fruit juice, raw vegetable juice, and mixtures thereof,
subject to enzymatic browning, containing at least one
sulfated polysaccharide in an amount effective to inhibit
browning of said juice.
The following rejections are at issue in this appeal:
(1) Claims 25 and 38-47 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Kastin;2
2U.S. Patent No. 4,925,686 to Kastin granted May 15,
1990.
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