Ex Parte Zhu - Page 15

           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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