Appeal No. 2006-1588 Application No. 10/707,526 THE REJECTIONS The claims stand rejected as follows: claims 1, 6 and 7 under 35 U.S.C. �102(b) as anticipated by Leo, and claims 8, 9, 14, 18 and 19 under 35 U.S.C. �103 as obvious over Leo in view of Shadduck. OPINION We affirm the rejection under 35 U.S.C. � 102(b) and reverse the rejection under 35 U.S.C. � 103. Rejection under 35 U.S.C. � 102(b) Leo discloses an apparatus for slicing molded, jelly-like materials such as foodstuffs (page 1, left column, lines 1-17). The apparatus includes a vertical tubular receptacle (20) in which a jelly-like material formed or placed therein is slidable (page 1, left column, lines 26-37). In the slicing operation, the tubular receptacle is inverted and placed over a cutting apparatus, and as the jelly-like material slides out of the receptacle it falls onto a plate (37) (page 1, left column, lines 36-40; page 2, left column, lines 1-12 and 55-58). A plunger arm (43) then is forced inwardly by pushing on its handle (44), thereby forcing a knife (42) through the jelly-like material to cut a slice therefrom while at the same time moving the plate so 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007