The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GERHARD WOLLMANN,
JOERG SCHWARZER, and
BERNHARD GUTSCHE
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Appeal No. 2005-0222
Application No. 09/923,629
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ON BRIEF
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Before ELLIS, ADAMS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1-9 and 13-31.1 Claim 1 is representative of the subject
matter on appeal, and read as follows:
1. A process for producing sterols, said process comprising:
(a) providing a fatty acid production-residue, said residue comprising
sterol esters, free fatty acids, and partial glycerides;
(b) removing the free fatty acids;
1 Claims 1-32 are pending. Claims 10-12 and 32 stand objected to, but have been indicated as
allowable if rewritten in independent form. See Appeal Brief, page 3.
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