The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 44 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte KEVIN C. SPENCER ______________ Appeal No. 1997-0151 Application 08/169,542 _______________ HEARD: AUGUST 15, 2000 _______________ Before GARRIS, OWENS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 25, 32 and 40, and refusal to allow claims 23, 31, 33 and 36-39 as amended after final rejection. These are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION Appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward a method for increasing the rate of a browning reaction during the 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007