The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JENO PAULUCCI __________ Appeal No. 1997-2960 Application 08/368,897 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WARREN, OWENS and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-4, which are all of the claims in the application. THE INVENTION Appellant claims processes for microwave heating of a frozen meal in a container, where a food component is removed from the container after a first heating period and prior to a 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007