Appeal No. 1997-0228
Application No. 08/328,534
precursor thereof by sparging an effective amount of a particular
atmosphere consisting essentially of the recited noble gas(es)
into the citrus juice or precursor provided in a containing means
and maintaining a certain level of saturation for “substantially
an entire duration that the citrus juice or precursor thereof is
stored in containing means.” Further details of this appealed
subject matter are recited in representative claims 81, 44, 45,
and 51 reproduced below:2
81. A method of improving the aroma, flavor or
both, of a citrus juice or precursor thereof, which
comprises:
a) introducing a citrus juice or precursor
thereof in containing means;
b) sparging an effective amount of an atmosphere
into the citrus juice or precursor thereof in order to
saturate said citrus juice or precursor thereof to an
extent of more than 50 volume % of full saturation with
noble gas, at a temperature which is between about 0EC
and 60EC and at a pressure lower than about 10
atmospheres, said atmosphere consisting essentially of
a noble gas selected from the group consisting of
argon, neon, krypton, xenon and mixtures thereof; and
c) maintaining the more than 50% volume of full
saturation with said noble gas throughout the citrus
juice or precursor thereof or said containing means
therefor and for substantially an entire duration that
said citrus juice or precursor thereof is stored in
said containing means.
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