The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte CHARLES I. ONWULATA
Appeal No. 2002-2333
Application No. 09/741,467
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, PAK and PAWLIKOWSI, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-16.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A dietary fiber composition produced by a process
comprising
cooking a calcium caseinate or calcium caseinate and whey
protein isolate slurry, wherein said slurry contains no more than
50% whey protein isolate, in an evaporator to produce a slurry of
cross-linked matrices of protein,
adding dietary fiber to said slurry of cross-linked matrices
of protein to form a mixture, and
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