Appeal No. 2005-0264
Application No. 09/139,298
Stern et al. (Stern) 5,054,059 Oct. 01, 1991
Stear, “A Handbook of Breadmaking Technology”, Elsevier Science
Publishing Co., Inc., NY (1990). Pages 210-213, 400-406, 523-
524, 606. (Stear)
Litwak, “New Software Gives Operators More Dough”, Supermarket
Business, vol. 45, no. 6 (June 1990). Page 1A(3). (Litwak)
Muskal, “Making dough with the PC”, PC Magazine, v3, p228(5),
(February 7, 1984). (Muskal)
Appellant’s claimed invention is directed to an automated
process for producing a variety of baked food products. The
process entails providing a machine having an electronic process
control unit that can be electronically interfaced by a consumer
for ordering a particular baked product from a list of a variety
of products. The machine comprises the requisite plurality of
storage devices for the raw ingredients, a dough making apparatus
and a baking station. The machine is able to deliver a final
baked product in response to an order from a consumer via a
keyboard, an automated phone answering device or a modem of a
remote computer.
Appealed claims 1, 4-8, 16, 18 and 19 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, description requirement. The
appealed claims also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
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