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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WILLIAM ALAN MARRITT
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Appeal No. 2003-1010
Application 09/357,393
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, WARREN and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-7, which
are all of the claims in the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellant claims a process for producing polyguluronic
acids wherein, because an organic base rather than an inorganic
base is used to neutralize alginic acid, a solution containing
5 wt% or more of alginic acid is obtained and the polyguluronic
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