Appeal No. 2006-2604 Page 11
Application No. 10/253,066
when the gum is chewed. “Physical modifications of the sweetener by encapsulation
with another substrate may not only slow its release . . . but may also reduce or
eliminate the degradation of Alitame.” Id. Thus, the references considered as a whole
provide ample motivation to encapsulate a high potency sweetener, such as Alitame,
together with an acyclic carboxamide. The rejection of claim 11 is affirmed.
Summary
The cited references, considered as a whole, would have suggested the methods
defined by claims 1, 2, 11, and 18. We therefore affirm the rejection of these claims.
The remaining claims on appeal fall with claims 1 and 2.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal
may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).
AFFIRMED
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