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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte AHARON M. EYAL
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Appeal No. 2001-0697
Application No. 09/125,033
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HEARD March 5, 2002
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, GRIMES, and GREEN, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 -27, all of the claims in the application. Claims 1, 21,
and 22 are representative and read as follows:
1. A process for the production of a condensation product selected
from the group consisting of an amide and an ester of a carboxylic
acid from an organic compound selected from the group consisting
of organic compounds carrying a hydroxyl group and organic
compounds carrying an amine group and from a concentrated
medium resulting from fermentation, said medium containing a salt
of said acid, said salt being selected from the group consisting of a
sodium salt, a calcium salt and mixtures thereof and said medium
being at a pH of at least the pKa of said acid, said process
comprising:
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