Appeal No. 2002-1850
Application 08/288,574
Claim 1 requires “formable meat”. This term did not appear
in the originally filed application, but was subsequently added
to the claims (Paper No. 37).
The underlying original specification discusses “meat or
other objects” (page 1), “commodity” and “contents” (page 4),
“foods” (page 5), “joint of meat” (pages 7 and 8), “meat, any
objects” (page 9), “insulating materials such as glass wool and
the like or litter for domestic pets” (page 10), “meat” (original
claim 1), and “foods, in particular meat” (original summary or
abstract). Further, the specification teaches the shaping of the
contents into a round (circular) cross section (page 5).
In light of the underlying disclosure, it is clear to this
panel of the board that the term “formable meat” broadly denotes
any type of meat that can be shaped. As such, it is quite clear
to us that appellant’s “formable meat” reads on the “sausage
meat” expressly taught by Korlatzki (column 6, lines 26 and 27).
Claim 1 recites a packaging envelope that is “permanently
elastic”. This term did not appear in the original disclosure.
However, it appears to be based upon the recitation
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