Appeal No. 97-3752 Page 3
Application No. 08/293,322
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method of
processing fish fillets and apparatus for carrying out the
method. An understanding of the invention can be derived from
a reading of exemplary claims 1, 3 and 4, which appear in the
appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Townsend 2,715,427 Aug. 16,
1955
Braeger 5,288,264 Feb. 22,
1994
Claims 1 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Townsend.
Claims 11 through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Townsend in view of Braeger.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
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