Appeal No. 1997-0117
Application No. 08/291,741
In addition to the admitted prior art found at page 4 of
appellant's specification, the examiner relies upon the
following references as evidence of obviousness:
Segall 3,677,024 Jul. 18, 1972
Woodruff et al. (Woodruff) 4,522,835 Jun. 11, 1985
Ferrar et al. (Ferrar) 4,642,239 Feb. 10, 1987
Ruzek 4,812,320 Mar. 14, 1989
Mitchell 4,919,955 Apr. 24, 1990
Appellant's claimed invention is directed to a process
for preserving the color of red meat. The process involves
contacting the meat with an atmosphere of either pure argon or
a mixture of argon and a carrier gas wherein the mixture
comprises at least 70 volume % of argon.
Appealed claims 39-48, 54, 56-59 and 67 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over either
Woodruff or Ferrar in view of appellant's admitted prior art.
Claims 49-53, 55 and 60-64 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over the stated combination of
references further in view of Mitchell and Ruzek. In
addition, claims 39-41, 44-48, 54, 58, 59 and 67 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
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