Appeal No. 2006-0930
Application No. 09/905,540
25. Zimmerman expressly states that snack chips and fluid
condiments are “a very popular snack combination.”
(¶0010 at 1.)
26. The examiner found that the packed volumetric bulk
5 density as described in Zimmerman is the same
characteristic as “space efficiency” as described in
the subject specification (page 1, lines 25-28).
(Answer at 7.)
27. The appellant did not rely on evidence to challenge
10 the examiner’s finding with respect to the identity of
Zimmerman’s packed volumetric bulk density and “space
efficiency” as described in the subject specification.
28. Zimmerman teaches that snack pieces having the
disclosed structural and geometric shapes in a nested
15 arrangement (relative to prior art products in which
the chips are randomly packed) provide increased bulk
density as well as allow efficient dipping of
condiment during use. (¶¶0002-0021 at 1-2.)
29. Zimmerman teaches that three-dimensional, triangular-
20 shaped snack pieces are most preferred as dipping
chips. (¶0047 at 5.)
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