The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte FRANK R. KINCS, REYNALDO G. CRUZ, and ROBERT K. JOHNSON _____________ Appeal No. 1999-0140 Application No. 08/622,953 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 1, 3, 5, 6, 8-14, 16, 19-34, 36 and 40-42 as amended subsequent to the final rejection. These are all of the claims pending in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a high elaidic hard butter having been elaidinized from cis-configured oleicPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007