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today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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 JINGPING LIU,
WILLY W. LEE and JOHN M. MEYER
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Appeal No. 2005-0295
Application 10/151,586
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, WARREN and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to
allow claims 1 through 37, all of the pending claims, as amended subsequent to the final
rejection.
Appealed claims 1 and 11 are illustrative of the language in the claims on appeal:
1. A method of preparing a gum base comprising the steps of selecting a plasticizer
based on the plasticizer having a ratio of electron acceptors to total carbon atoms in the range of
approximately 0.05 to about 1.5, and a ratio of electron donors to total carbon atoms in the range
of approximately 0.05 to about 2.0 and mixing a corn protein and the plasticizer.
11. A gum base comprising:
corn protein and a selected plasticizer, the plasticizer being selected for having a ratio of electron
acceptors to total carbon atoms in the range of approximately 0.05 to about 1.5, and a ratio of
electron donors to total carbon atoms in the range of approximately 0.05 to about 2.0.
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