Appeal No. 98-1012
Serial No. 08/117,342
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 2-15, 23-27, which are all of the claims
pending in this application. We construe appellants= Amendment
Before the Board of Appeals and Interferences of March 25,
1999, as withdrawing claims 24 and 27 from the appeal.
Therefore, the appeal with respect to these claims is
dismissed. We reverse as to the rejections of claims 2-15, 23,
and 25-26.
Representative Claim
Claim 23 is representative of the subject matter on
appeal and reads as follows:
A growth medium for detection of total coliforms and E. coli
comprising a broth containing:
a growth-encouraging effective amount of ingredients as means
of supporting growth and repair of injured coliforms,
buffers to maintain a Ph (sic) of 6.5 to 8,
at least one agent that suppresses growth of gram positive
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