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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ADRIEN BEAUDOIN, MARYSE ST-GEORGES and GENEVIEVE MARTIN
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Appeal No. 2006-2333
Application No. 10/280,849
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, WARREN and GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4,
7-11, 13 and 14. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method for the recovery of substantially all
of the proteins and enzymes from a raw liquid milk
product, said method comprising the step of mixing said
liquid milk product with a precipitating agent selected
from the group consisting of ethanol and acetone,
agitating said liquid milk product and said precipitating
agent for a period of time sufficient to form a
precipitate, and subsequently recovering said precipitate,
said precipitating agent being present in an amount
sufficient to precipitate all of said proteins including
non-denatured enzymes from said liquid milk product.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
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