not not Paper No. 40 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ ____________ Appeal No. 96-3169 Application No. 08/271,273 _____________ HEARD: NOVEMBER 30, 2000 _____________ Before Owens, Lieberman and Timm, Administrative Patent Judges. Lieberman, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow claims 1 through 4, 7, 9, 11, and 13 through 23 which are all the claims pending in this application. THE INVENTION The invention is directed to a two stage transesterification process for preparing highly esterified polyol fatty acid polyesters wherein the second stage of 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007