Appeal No. 2002-0995 Page 2
Application No. 09/243,882
a frame having a top surface opposite a bottom
surface, said frame having a circular pizza receiving
aperture bored therethrough, providing fluid connectivity
between said top surface and said bottom surface;
a plurality of cutting blades having a cutting edge
opposite a top edge and a frame end opposite a center end,
said cutting blades attached to said frame at said frame end
and equally spaced radially around said pizza receiving
aperture, said cutting blades spanning said pizza receiving
aperture, converging at the center thereof and positioned
such that said cutting edge lies flush with said bottom
surface; and
fastening means for adjoining and supporting said
center ends.
The examiner relied upon the following prior art references of record in rejecting
the appealed claims:
Deutsch 2,003,253 May 28, 1935
Langville 2,971,549 Feb. 14, 1961
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1, 2 and 4-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Langville.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Langville in view of Deutsch.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the rejection
mailed November 29, 1999, the final rejection mailed May 23, 2001 and the answer
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