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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHRISTIAAN BEINDORFF, FREDERICK WILLIAM CAIN,
JOHN HUGH PIERCE, ERIK SCHWEITZER and
JEROEN NICOLAAS M. VAN STRAALEN
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Appeal No. 2005-0808
Application No. 09/863,439
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ELLIS and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges.
SCHEINER, 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, 2, 5-14 and 17-23, all of the claims remaining.
Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal:
1. A blend of a health component and a glyceride, wherein the health component
is a mixture comprising ursolic acid and oleanolic acid in a weight ratio of 1:99 to 99:1,
wherein the mixture is isolated from fruit skins and contains less than 20 wt % of the
natural apolar and/or low molecular weight components present in natural extracts for
ursolic acid and oleanolic acid which provide an off taste to said natural extract, and
wherein the blend contains 5-80 wt % of one or more components selected from mono-,
di- and triglycerides as the glyceride and the glyceride part of the blend displays a solid
fat content measured by NMR-pulse on a non-stabilised [sic] fat at the temperature
indicated of:
5 to 90 at 5°C
2 to 80 at 20°C and
less than 15 at 35°C.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
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