Ex parte MANSER et al. - Page 5




          Appeal No. 95-3861                                                          
          Application No. 08/115,453                                                  


          the production of dough with gluten framework.  The examiner                
          erred in rejecting the claims in question because he simply                 
          failed to accord appropriate weight to the claimed means-plus-              
          function phrases consistent with Donaldson.                                 
               Accordingly, the decision of the examiner is reversed.                 
                                      REVERSED                                        


                         JOHN D. SMITH                 )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              
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                                                       )                              
                                                       ) BOARD OF PATENT              
                         CHUNG K. PAK                  )     APPEALS                  
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )       AND                    
                                                       )  INTERFERENCES               
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                                                       )                              
                         PETER F. KRATZ                )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              





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