Appeal No. 2005-1539 2
Application No. 09/799,275
prevent hot spots, and to divert excess fats and grease from grilled foods during grilling
away from direct contact with the cooking flame. Independent claims 16 and 18 are
representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of those claims can be found
in the Appendix to appellants’ brief. Claim 16 reads on the grilling surface seen in
Figures 2A-2C, while claim 18 reads on the embodiment seen in Figures 3A-3C.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner to reject the claims on
appeal are:
Gremillion 4,630,593 Dec. 23, 1986
Latour et al. (Latour) 4,979,440 Dec. 25, 1990
Barker et al. (Barker) 5,111,803 May 12, 1992
Stanek et al. (Stanek) 5,911,812 Jun. 15, 1999
Claims 9 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Barker.
Claims 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by Latour.
Claims 14, 15 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Barker in view of Stanek.
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