Appeal No. 2003-1856
Application No. 08/879,322
The examiner concludes that it would have been obvious to
modify Queisser in accordance with the teachings of Wilkinson “to
analyze the image of fruit particles within a matrix selected
from a starch matrix or a sugar matrix or a sugar and starch
matrix, wherein the fruit matrix being of the kind used in fruit
fillings, toppings, dairy products or cooked food products
because it will expand the versatility of the measurement of the
food particles and will encompass the inspection of a large
variety of the products in food industry by merely implementing
the conventional image processing” (answer-pages 4-5).
For their part, appellants contend that none of the applied
references discloses the camera computer imaging of fruit
particles, especially of fruit particles within a sugar and/or
starch matrix of the type claimed. While Queisser is directed to
computer imaging of french fries which are methodically and
systematically lined up in the shaped grooves 58 in a sample
tray, appellants contend that there is absolutely no disclosure
in Queisser of analyzing a fruit matrix of fruit particles, that
such fruit or particles are in a starch and/or sugar matrix, or
that the grooved sample tray is adapted to receive a fruit
matrix.
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