Appeal No. 95-3411
Application 08/040,960
The Rejections on Appeal
Claims 1-8 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph as being indefinite for failing to point out and
distinctly claim that subject matter which the appellant regards
as his invention.
Claims 1-8 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Bado and well known cook books.
However, only the rejection of claims 4-8 has been appealed
(Br. at 2). Accordingly, only the rejection of claims 4-8 is
before us in this appeal.
The Invention
The invention is directed to a hierarchical, computerized
cooking instruction system whereby a user may branch through
multiple paths to access cultural information, menu category,
ingredients and cooking methods entailed and involved in the
preparation of a variety of dishes to be prepared. In one aspect
of the claimed invention (claim 4), a video memory means is used
which supplies cooking information in animated form. In another
aspect of the invention, an audio memory means is used which
supplies cooking information in audio form (claim 7).
Representative claims 4 and 7, the only independent claims
on appeal, are reproduced below:
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