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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOB SCHIPPER, PETER VAN DER TOORN
and TONKO BRUGGINK
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Appeal No. 1999-1298
Application No. 08/667,167
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ON BRIEF
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Before ROBINSON, ADAMS and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 45-65, which are all the claims pending in the application.
Claims 45 and 59 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and are
reproduced below:
45. A process for prolonging the shelf life of primed non-germinated
seeds comprising the steps of:
a) incubating primed non-germinated seeds under conditions
selected from the group consisting of
(i) drying the primed seeds from about 1 to 7 days at a
temperature range of about 3° to 40°C;
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