Appeal No. 2001-1873
Application 08/261,863
THE INVENTION
The appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward a
process for using potassium hydroxide to refine commercial scale
quantities of crude agricultural oil. Claim 40 is illustrative:
40. In a process of refining crude agricultural oils in
which neutralized oil is first separated from the soapstock by
addition of a base, the improvement comprising the steps of:
a. beginning with a commercial scale quantity of crude
agricultural oil,
b. mixing the oil with a base consisting essentially of
potassium hydroxide solution, and
c. separating preliminarily refined oil from the resulting
soapstock to produce commercial scale quantities of neutralized
oil and soapstock.
THE REFERENCE
Red et al. (Red) 4,118,407 Oct. 3, 1978
THE REJECTION
Claims 40-45 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being clearly anticipated by Red.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejection. We need to address
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