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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHRISTINE BECK, HANS-PETER HARZ, DANIELA KLEIN,
MARTIN LEEMANN, and MARKUS LOHSCHEIDT
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Appeal No. 2006-3250
Application No. 10/468,562
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, MILLS, and LINCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 5-19, which are all the claims pending
in the application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
1. A process for preparing D-pantothenic acid and/or salts thereof which
comprises
a) fermenting at least one bacterium from the Bacillaceae family which
produces D-pantothenic acid and in which the biosynthesis of
pantothenic acid (pan) and/or isoleucine/valine (ilv) is deregulated and
which forms at least 2 g/l of salts of D-pantothenic acid by fermentation
in a culture medium,
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