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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHARLES A. WICHT
Appeal No. 2006-1356
Application No. 10/375,826
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-22.
Claims 23-31 have been withdrawn from consideration in view of a
restriction requirement. Claim 1 illustrative:
1. A process for preventing taint-causing compounds
from entering beverages and bonding to taint-causing
compounds from within the beverage, comprising:
forming a film onto an article, said film comprising a
material that chemically bonds to at least one of said
taint-causing compounds in the treated beverage in
sufficient quantity as to sufficiently prevent said taint-
causing compounds in the treated beverage from being
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