Appeal No. 1996-2208
Application No. 08/180,194
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims
18 through 22 and 25 through 43, all the claims remaining in the application. Independent
claims 18, 31 and 35 are representative:
18. A process for treating enzymatically hydrolyzed protein comprising mixing a
Lactobacillus helveticus culture with a slurry of enzymatically hydrolyzed protein containing
polypeptides, wherein the hydrolyzed protein is a hydrolysate selected from the group
consisting of hydrolyzed plant protein, hydrolyzed meat protein and hydrolyzed fish protein,
and incubating the mixture at a temperature of from 45EC to
60EC to obtain an incubated mixture containing debittered hydrolysate.
31. A process for treating a cheese comprising enzymatically hydrolyzing a
cheese thereby obtaining a hydrolysate including polypeptides, mixing a Lactobacillus
helveticus culture with a slurry of the hydrolysate and incubating the mixture at a
temperature of from 45EC to 60EC to obtain an incubated mixture containing debittered
hydrolysate.
35. A process for treating casein comprising enzymatically hydrolyzing casein to
obtain a hydrolysate from the casein including polypeptides, mixing a Lactobacillus
helveticus culture with a slurry of the hydrolysate and incubating the mixture at a
temperature of from 45EC to 60EC to obtain an incubated mixture containing debittered
hydrolysate.
The references cited by the examiner are:
Buchanan et al. (Bergey’s Manual), “Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology,”
Eighth Edition, page 582 (1974).
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