Ex Parte Urschel et al - Page 3


         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           
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