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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TODD CHARLES MCNEEL, NELSON SHIH-HSUN CHEN,
and LAWRENCE ALAN GRAHAM
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Appeal 2007-0364
Application 09/998,661
Technology Center 1700
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Decided: March 6, 2007
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Before BRADLEY R. GARRIS, THOMAS A. WALTZ, and
CATHERINE Q. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the Primary Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1 through 3, which are the only claims pending in this
application. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 6 and 134.
According to Appellants, the invention is directed to a method of
making triangular tortilla chips in a manner which facilitates subsequent
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