Appeal Number: 2006-1404
Application Number: 09/571,803
van Berkel. Accordingly, we affirm the rejection of claims 24,
28 and 32 over those references.
Rejection over Cantatore in view of
van Berkel and Walker
Claim 1
Cantatore discloses a food slicer having what appears to be
a handle attached at one location below a tray (figures 1
and 4).
The appellant argues that Cantatore does not disclose that
the handle is unitary with the tray (brief, pages 14-15). The
handle is at least fastened to the tray and, as discussed above
regarding the rejections over Reussenzehn, the broadest
reasonable interpretation of “unitary” consistent with the
specification includes such fastening.
The appellant argues that Cantatore’s handle extends
downwardly away from the tray, and lacks any flanges to which
van Berkel’s horizontally extending handle could be attached
(brief, page 16). Cantatore’s handle is attached to the tray
(figures 1 and 4), and van Berkel’s handle could be attached to
that tray the same way it is attached to van Berkel’s tray
(figures 1 and 3).
The appellant argues that Walker’s handle does not extend
from at least two locations (brief, page 16). A handle
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