Appeal 2007-1907
Reexamination Control No. 90/007,178
Patent 6,730,333 B1
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2 This is an illustration of Mangosteen Fruit (508(c))
3 Yaacob
4 31. Yaacob describes mangosteen fruits as “one of the finest flavoured
5 fruits in the world, outranking all other tropical fruits; the mangosteen has
6 therefore justly earned the popular title of ‘Queen of Fruits’” (5:19-22).
7 32. Yaacob states that the “popularity of the mangosteen is consistently
8 increasing” (5:23).
9 33. Yaacob describes that research has revealed that the mangosteen
10 pericarp contains valuable compounds used as medicines and anti bacterial
11 agents. (11:7-10).
12 34. The medicinal uses described by Yaacob include central nervous
13 system depressant, blood pressure elevator, anti-inflammatory, anti-
14 ulcerative, anti-diarrheal, astringent, anti-dysentery and healing skin
15 infections. (11:13-29)
16 35. Yaacob describes that the mangosteen is preserved in the form of
17 fruits immersed in sugar and water, and as flavored drinks, candy, jams,
18 juices, jelly, syrups, and canned fruit segments (12:13-26).
19 36. Yaacob describes the edible pulp or aril of the mangosteen fruit as
20 “juicy, subacid, exquisitely flavoured, and faintly aromatic” (20:25-26).
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