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is not binding precedent of the Board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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRUCE P. MURCH, BRIAN J. ROSELLE,
KYLE D. JONES, KEITH H. BAKER,
THOMAS E. WARD and TOAN TRINH
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Appeal No. 1998-2439
Application No. 08/495,286
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, WALTZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, 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 1-13.1 Claims 14-18 are
withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non-elected
invention.
The subject matter on appeal is represented by claims 1 and
4, set forth below:
1. A method for reducing the level of microorganisms on
produce comprising the step of contacting the surfaces of said
produce with an aqueous cleaning solution comprising at least
1 We note that the examiner has provided a correct version of claims 5, 9,
and 10 in the supplemental examiner’s answer on page 2.
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