The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 34
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte ALLAN S. HODGSON and JESSICA M. ARONOLD
Appeal No. 2003-1856
Application No. 08/879,322
HEARD: FEBRUARY 17, 2004
Before KRASS, BARRETT and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-10 and 12-20.
The invention is directed to the measurement of fruit
particles in food products. In particular, rather than the
conventional approach of washing fruit particles in a matrix on a
screen to remove a starch and/or sugar matrix so that the fruit
retained on the screen could be weighed and analyzed, the instant
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