Appeal No. 1996-2571
Application 08/119,058
the examiner states that the rejection is over Tuma in view of
Scheuffgen, it is not clear from the body of the rejection
whether the examiner relies on these references individually,
or in combination with each other.
(2) Appellant’s claims require that glyceride system A
has an iodine number of 40-90.
On this record, the examiner does not point to any
reason, suggestion, or motivation stemming from the prior art
that would have led a person having ordinary skill to a
glyceride composition having an iodine number of 40-90. On
the contrary,
Tuma teaches glyceride compositions having an iodine number
less than one; and Scheuffgen teaches glyceride compositions
of
saturated fatty acids. Because the iodine number indicates
the amount of unsaturated acids present in an oil or fat, it
would appear that the glyceride compositions of Scheuffgen
have an iodine number outside the range recited in the claims.
Tuma is directed to a water-soluble and fat-restoring
composition comprising partial glyceride mixtures of saturated
vegetable fatty acids having about 8 to 14 carbon atoms which
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