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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MARK V. HEMBLING, ROBERT R. CASSANELLI,
and STEVEN J. LEUSNER
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Appeal No. 2000-1087
Application No. 08/976,102
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, OWENS, and JEFFREY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 2 through 7, 11 through 14,
and 21 through 23, which are all of the claims pending in the
above-identified application.
Claim 21 is representative of the subject matter on appeal
and reads as follows:
21. A readily-dispersible, dry mix for producing a quick-setting,
aqueous gel having a pH of between 3.5 and 5.5 comprising;
sweetener, potassium and/or sodium alginate, acid, buffering agent
and a crystalline sugar product comprised aggregates of sucrose
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