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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRIAN J. ROSELLE, THOMAS E. WARD
and DAVID K. ROLLINS
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Appeal No. 2003-0234
Application No. 09/446,202
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, PAWLIKOWSKI, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-21,
which are all of the claims in the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a composition which is useful for
treating food to reduce the level of microorganisms on the
surface thereof, and claim a method for treating food using the
composition. Claim 1, directed toward the method, is
illustrative:
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