THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in
a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte OSAMA O. IBRAHIM and JOSEPH E. SPRADLIN
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Appeal No. 95-4321
Application No. 07/976,2411
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ON BRIEF
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Before GRON, ELLIS, and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges.
ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-6,
9-11, and 14-21, which are all of the claims pending in the case. Independent claims
1 and 11 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and are reproduced below:
1. A method of manufacturing D-tagatose from cheese whey, milk, or cheese whey
and milk, comprising the following sequential steps:
subjecting the cheese whey, milk, or cheese whey and milk to ultrafiltration to make
a lactose permeate;
1 Application for patent, filed November 13, 1992. According to appellants this application is a
continuation-in-part of application 07/821,969, filed January 16, 1992, now abandoned.
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