Appeal No. 2000-1052
Application No. 09/060,012
filed Aug. 26, 1999, paper 16, pages 4-6.) Further details of
this appealed subject matter are recited in appealed claims 22
and 24 reproduced below:
22. A method of injecting fluid into a meat
product, comprising,
continually and longitudinally moving a meat
product having an upper surface through a meat
injection station, and injecting a fluid at spaced
points over said upper surface into said meat product
while said meat product is on and moving through said
meat injection station,
moving a battery of fluid injection needles
connected to a source of fluid into and out of a meat
product on said injection station at a variable speed,
coordinating the volume of fluid injected through
said needles with the variable velocity of said
needles so that fluid is uniformly discharged from
said needles into a meat product on said meat
injection station in spite of the varying speed of
said needles.
24. The method of claim 22 wherein said needles
are raised and lowered towards and away from said meat
injection station in a circular path.
The examiner relies on the following prior art references
as evidence of unpatentability:
Rejsa et al. 3,675,567 Jul. 11, 1972
(Rejsa)
Townsend 3,863,556 Feb. 4, 1975
In addition, the examiner cites the following prior art
references "to rebut appellant's arguments...related to the
structure and function of the nozzles disclosed in the patent to
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