The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MARIA DOLORES MARTINEZ-SERNA VILLAGRAN,
BRENT RAY JOHNSON, and LOUIS BERNARD VONDERHAAR
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Appeal No. 2006-3110
Application No. 10/185,846
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, LINCK, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to dough containing potato fiber. The examiner has
rejected the claims as obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134. We affirm.
Background
The instant application describes a “snack dough” that contains potato fiber,
starch, and water. Specification, page 2, lines 8-21. The dough can be shaped into
snack pieces, such as chips, and then cooked to form a finished snack product. Id.,
page 2, lines 23-24. “The advantages of preparing such food products from a dough
rather than from sliced, whole potatoes include homogeneity or uniformity in the end
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