Appeal No. 1995-2659
Application 07/896,705
reverse the rejection and remand the case to the examiner with instructions to consider the issue
developed infra.
Claim 32 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:
32. An improved process for enzymatic biotransformation of fat to produce methyl ketones
wherein the improvement comprises substantially uniformly distributing a fat, water and enzymes
for hydrolysis of the fat to a fatty acid and oxidation of the fatty acid throughout a porous bed of
solid support material in the substantial absence of a continuous liquid phase, passing oxygen
through the bed without fluidizing or stirring the bed, and recovering the oxidation product from
the bed.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Brouillard 4,029,546 June 14, 1977
Pratt 4,832,964 May 23, 1989
Matsuzaki et al. (Matsuzaki) 5,061,498 Oct. 29, 1991
Claims 8-22 and 31-33 are rejected under 35 U.S.C § 103 as being unpatentable over
Pratt in view of Brouillard and further in view of Matsuzaki.
Discussion
The claimed invention is directed to a process for
biotransformation of fat comprising substantially
uniformly distributing a fat, water and enzymes
throughout a porous bed of solid support material in
substantial absence of a continuous liquid phase, passing
oxygen through the bed without fluidizing or stirring the
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