Appeal No. 2005-1672
Application No. 09/833,866
solution in situ.4 Thus, using solid ammonia, together with
water, to form an aqueous ammonia hydroxide solution in situ for
the purpose of increasing the pH of the comminuted meat would
have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art. As
indicated supra, the amount of water added is dependent on the
moisture already present in the meat and the amount of ammonia
used to form an optimum amount of an aqueous ammonium hydroxide
solution. Boesch, supra.
Accordingly, we affirm the examiner’s rejection of claims 1,
3 through 13 and 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
CONCLUSION
In view of the foregoing, the decision of the examiner is
affirmed.
4 We also take official notice, if necessary, that it was well
known at the time of the invention that an aqueous ammonia hydroxide
solution can be formed by combining ammonia and water.
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