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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 K. UMIT YUKSEL, ANA T. BIRD
and KIRBY S. BLACK
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Appeal No. 2006-0272
Application No. 09/986,124
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, MILLS, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
MILLS, 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 30-47 and 53-54, which are all of the claims on appeal in this
application. Claims 30 and 38 are representative and read as follows:
30. A kit for forming a solid cellular foam proteinaceous biopolymeric material
comprising separate reactable aliquot portions consisting of a first
aqueous solution containing a proteinaceous material, and a second
aqueous solution which is reactable with the proteinaceous component of
the first aqueous solution to form a solid proteinaceous biopolymeric
material in response to mixing of said first and second aqueous solutions,
wherein the first aqueous solution includes a blowing agent, and wherein
said second aqueous solution includes an acidic titrant reactable on
contact with the blowing agent sufficient to evolve gas to impart a cellular
foam structure to the proteinaceous bioploymeric material concurrently
while said proteinaceous material of said first aqueous solution reacts with
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