Appeal No. 2001-1725
Application 09/009,536
CLAIMS
Claim 14, which is representative of the subject matter on appeal, is reproduced
below:
14. A process for preparing a fermented soybean milk comprising:
contacting dehulled and dehypocotyl whole soybeans with warm or hot water;
removing warm or hot water-soluble component from the soybeans;
pulverizing the soybeans to make a slurry;
removing insoluble component from the slurry to make a soybean milk,
inoculating a lactic acid bacterium of the genus Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus
bulgaris and one strain selected from the group consisting of Lactobaccilus acidophilus
and Lactobaccilus casei into the soybean milk,
adding one or more saccharides which can be utilized by the lactic acid
bacterium to the soybean milk, and
fermenting the soybean milk to produce the fermented soybean milk.
THE REFERENCES
In rejecting the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. §103, the Examiner relies on
the following references:
Matsuura et al. (Matsuura) 5,597,594 Jan. 28, 1997
Yang et al. (Yang) 5,711,977 Jan. 27, 1998
Y. Katsunobu, Patent Abstracts of Japan, JP 07 184540, July 25, 1995 (abstract)
(Katsunobu).
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 3-5 and 7-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
over Matsuura in view of Yang and Katsunobu.
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