Appeal No. 2005-1582
Application No. 09/682,176
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a tableted gum and a method of producing the
same comprising a gum component including one or more rectangular shaped gum
chips. Claims 1, 12 and 15 are illustrative:
1. A tableted gum comprising:
a gum component including one or more rectangular shaped
gum chips; and
a tableting media wherein the tableting media has an average
particle size that is smaller in size than the average particle size of the
gum chips, the tableted gum having a non-homogeneous distribution
of the gum component and the tableting media.
12. A gum comprising a mixture of rectangular gum chips and
tableting media in a tableted form, the gum having a non-
homogeneous distribution of the gum chips and tableting media, and
wherein the gum chips have an average particle size greater than the
average particle size of the tableting media.
15. A method of producing a tableted gum comprising the steps of:
providing a gum component;
processing the gum component to form one or more
rectangular shaped gum chips;
mixing the gum chips with a tableting media wherein the
tableting media has an average particle size that is smaller in size
than the average particle size of the gum chips; and
processing the mixture of gum chips and tableting media to
form a non-homogeneous distribution of the gum component and the
tableting media in the tableted gum.
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