Appeal No. 2004-2074
Application No. 09/862,946
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for visually presenting the taste attributes of
sample comprising:
(a) providing a subject;
(b) providing the subject with a sensory perception scale
for taste on a computing device containing a plurality of
attributes selected from the group consisting of sweetness,
saltiness, bitterness, sourness, mintiness, coolness, grittiness,
burning, biting, tingling, bad after taste, and metallic; said
sensory perception scale having variable positions;
(c) providing the subject with a test sample and requesting
said subject to sample the test sample;
(d) asking the subject to rate from about 4 to about 6
attributes of the samples selected from the group consisting of
from sweetness, saltiness, bitterness, sourness, mintiness,
coolness, grittiness, burning, biting, tingling, bad after taste,
and metallic; by manipulating the positions of the perception
scale; and
(e) providing the position of the variable position scale to
a computing means, said computing means providing a simultaneous
visual interpretation on a screen of the attributes of the
sample.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Darrington, “Extra sensory perception”, Food Manufacture, vol.
65, n8, p51(2), pp. 1-3, October 1990.
Claims 1-6, and 13-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over Darrington.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
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