Appeal No. 97-3752 Page 7
Application No. 08/293,322
Claim 1
Independent claim 1 recites a method for processing fish
fillets including the steps of (1) separating a superficial
layer from the fillet and (2) separating skin from the
superficial layer, wherein the skin is removed from the
superficial layer at a time no later than concurrently with
the separation of the superficial layer from the fillet.
After the scope and content of the prior art are
determined, the differences between the prior art and the
claims at issue are to be ascertained. Graham v. John Deere
Co., 383 U.S. 1, 17-18, 148 USPQ 459, 467 (1966).
Based on our analysis and review of Townsend and claim 1,
it is our opinion that the differences are the limitations
that
(1) a fish fillet is being processed, and (2) the skin is
removed from the superficial layer at a time no later than
concurrently with the separation of the superficial layer from
the fillet.
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