Appeal No. 2006-0930
Application No. 09/905,540
argument or evidence in rebuttal, we affirm.
The Appealed Subject Matter
The subject matter on appeal relates to a kit for
5 containing both a plurality of snack pieces and a dip-condiment.
According to the appellant (specification at 1, lines 10-14),
“the kit has an improved space efficiency and snack piece size.”
Evidence
10 The examiner relies on the following evidence in support of
a determination of unpatentability as to all the appealed
claims.
Zimmerman et al. US2002/0122852 A1 Sep. 5, 2002
(Zimmerman)(published
15 United States application)
Admitted prior art in the form of Snack-A-Dip® (Lightly Salted
Tortilla Chips & Salsa), ASB Group, France.
20
Issue Presented
For purposes of this appeal, the examiner has limited the
issues to a single rejection. (Examiner’s answer mailed August
31, 2005 at 3.) Specifically, the only issue before us is a
25 rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) of appealed claims 1, 3, 5,
6, and 17 through 20 as unpatentable over the combination of
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