Appeal No. 2005-2120 Page 8
Application No. 09/964,120
is drawn to a method of decomposing the proteins of the scallops (the collagen
source), and not designed to preserve the chemical, physical, and physiological
properties of the protein, and as such preservation of properties is an important
object of the method of Moore, the ordinary artisan would not look to Ota for the
addition of salt to the dehydration process of Moore to arrive at the claimed
invention.
CONCLUSION
Because the rejections of record failed to set forth a prima facie case of
obviousness, they are reversed.
REVERSED
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