The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SUSAN M. HAYES-JACOBSON
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Appeal No. 2004-1508
Application No. 09/443,559
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, KRATZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1-11 and 33-37, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellant's invention relates to a filled food product
that includes a flowable filling encased within a seamless and
continuous structure that is edible and surrounds the filling.
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
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