Appeal No. 2000-1052
Application No. 09/060,012
the examiner's statement, these references do not teach that the
"nozzle contacts and penetrates the meat product." The Sholl
patents merely teach that the focal point of the jet streams,
not the nozzles, can be located at the surface or beneath the
surface of the meat product. (Column 2, lines 44-48 of the '299
patent; column 3, lines 31-39 of the '037 patent.)
For these reasons, we reverse the examiner’s rejection
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) of appealed claims 22 and 24 as
unpatentable over Townsend in view of Rejsa.
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