THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)
was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is
not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 42
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KEVIN C. SPENCER
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Appeal No. 1997-0117
Application 08/291,741
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HEARD: February 22, 2000
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Before KIMLIN, WARREN and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 39-
64 and 67, all the claims remaining in the present
application. Claim 67 is illustrative:
67. A process for preserving the color of red meat,
which comprising [sic] contacting said meat with an
effective amount of an atmosphere of either pure
argon or a mixture consisting of > 70 volume % of
argon and a carrier gas selected from the group
consisting of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen and
mixtures thereof.
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