Appeal No. 1998-1893
Application 08/088,125
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows:
claims 18, 19, 20, 26 and 27 over Macpherson in view of METHOCEL
Cellulose Ethers Technical Handbook, METHOCEL Food Gums, Wittwer,
Niwa, Nagasawa, Chilton, Itaru, Kuniharu, Shigeo, Katsuhiro and
Food Packaging; claim 21 over these references further in view of
Schroeder and Sandylion Sticker Designs; and claim 24 over the
references applied to claims 18, 19, 20, 26 and 27, further in
view of Golchert and Schroeder.
OPINION
We reverse the rejection of claims 18, 19, 21, 24, 26 and
27, and affirm the rejection of claim 20. We need to address
only claim 18, which is the sole independent method claim, and
claim 20.
Claim 18
Macpherson discloses a method for making a decorated
foodstuff by screen casting a base shape of edible material onto
release paper such as silicone release paper, drying the base
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