Legal Opinion
In re Clinton
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided January 15, 1976No. Patent Appeal No. 75-587PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LANE, Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 3, and 5 through 9, all of the claims remaining in application serial No. 830,195, filed May 20, 1969, for an “Improved Process for Producing Aromatized Freeze-Dried Coffee.” We affirm.
Background
The subject matter of the claims is a process of producing a stable, freeze-dried, soluble coffee. Roasted and *1227ground coffee is percolated to obtain a coffee extract containing from 20% to 35% soluble coffee solids. This initial coffee extract is freeze…
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