Appeal No. 1996-0351
Application 08/075,740
December 12, 1994, claim 1, 10, 19 and 22 were amended and
claims 7, 11, 15 through 18, 21 and 24 were canceled. See
Paper No. 11.
Claims 1, 10, 19 and 22 are representative of the
subject matter under consideration in this appeal and read as
follows:
1. A method of curing a pickle stock consisting
essentially of the steps of:
(a) immersing the pickle stock in a curing liquid;
(b) subjecting the immersed pickle stock to a vacuum
treatment for a period of time not exceeding one minute; and
(c) subjecting the immersed pickle stock to a pressure
treatment for a period of time not exceeding one minute.
10. A method of curing a pickle stock comprising the
steps of:
(a) immersing the pickle stock in a curing solution
consisting essentially of water;
(b) subjecting the immersed pickle stock to a vacuum
treatment for a period of time not exceeding one minute; and
(c) subjecting the immersed pickle stock to a pressure
treatment for a period of time not exceeding one minute.
19. A method of curing pickle stock consisting
essentially of the steps of:
(a) immersing the pickle stock in a curing liquid;
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