Appeal No. 2006-0930
Application No. 09/905,540
denotes a container, 21 denotes a cavity, 22 denotes a
continuous side wall, 23 denotes a lip of the
container 20, 25 denotes an opening, 26 denotes a
removable lid, 27 denotes an overcap, 28 denotes a lip
5 of the overcap 27, 29 denotes a peripheral edge of the
overcap 27, 30 denotes snack pieces, 40 denotes a tub,
42 denotes a lid enclosing tub 40, 44 denotes a peel
tab, 46 denotes a lip of the tub 40, and 50 denotes a
dip condiment. (Specification at 8-19.)
10 11. The subject specification (page 17, lines 23-24)
describes another embodiment of the invention as
follows:
In an alternative embodiment, tub 40 could be a
tub that inserts into the cavity 21 of container
15 20 either non-connected to container 20 or
connected to container 20.
12. The term “average projected area” as recited in
appealed claim 1 is defined in the specification (page
20 7, lines 2-12) as follows:
The projected area listed in Table 1 for
these kits was an average calculated projected
area and was calculated by randomly selecting
three whole chips from the kits, measuring each
25 chip’s projected area and then calculating the
average of these projected areas. Projected
area, as used herein, is essentially the area
within the two-dimensional outline of the shape
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