Appeal No. 1996-0351
Application 08/075,740
(b) subjecting the immersed pickle stock to a vacuum
treatment for a period of time not exceeding one minute;
(c) subjecting the immersed pickle stock to a pressure
treatment for a period of time not exceeding one minute; and
(d) repeating the vacuum treatment.
22. A method of curing 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;
(c) subjecting the immersed pickle stock to a pressure
treatment for a period of time not exceeding one minute; and
(d) repeating the pressure treatment.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies on the
following prior art:
Winkler et al. (Winkler) 4,789,558 Dec.
6, 1988
Claims 1 through 6, 8 through 10, 12 through 14, 19, 20,
22 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable
over the disclosure of Winkler.
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have
carefully reviewed the specification, claims and applied prior
art, including all of the arguments advanced by both the
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