Appeal No. 1997-2257
Application No. 08/144,026
al. because it is well known to extrude
foods, such as dough products through
variously shaped dies to produce products
of various new shapes that appeal to the
consumer. While appellants’ specific die
configuration, as used in the claimed
process, is not exactly disclosed by the
prior art, Reesman et al. teach that the
shapes of dough product are dictated by the
outline of the die itself limiting the
range of selectable shapes an[d] patterns.
Reesman et al. suggest that the spacing of
the pins of the die dictate the extrusion
velocity of the dough and thus determine
the shape. It is considered that it is
common in the food industry to produce
foods of various shapes for the enjoyment
of the consumer’s eye and that one of skill
in the art would understand from Reesman et
al. the relationship between the die and
the eventual shape and be aware of the
effects that changes to the die will have
on the product’s shape. Without Appellants
showing the criticality of the
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