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Paper No. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex Parte ROGER M. BURGE
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Appeal No. 1998-2667
Application 08/668,971
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ON BRIEF
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Before, OWENS, WALTZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative
Patent Judges.
JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
Appellant appeals the decision of the Primary Examiner
rejecting claims 1-14 and 16-19, all the claims in the
application. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.
BACKGROUND
The invention is drawn to a nixtamalization process and
the product produced thereby. Nixtamalization is a process
whereby whole or ground corn is treated with an alkali to
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