Appeal Number: 2006-3321
Application Number: 09/843,381
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a process and system for the customization
of consumer products. (Spec 1). An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A process for the customisation of consumer products, which
comprises the steps of:
(a) preparing said customisable consumer products according to
available selections made by a consumer of one or more components
of said consumer products having product characteristics chosen by
the consumer,
(b) optionally reconstituting said components with one or more other
components, and
(c) dispensing from a vending system at a point-of-sale of said
consumer products.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Partyka US 5,941,363 Aug. 24, 1999
Seo US 6,062,277 May 16, 2000
Whigham US 6,584,309 B1 Jun. 24, 2003
(Dec. 16, 1999)
Hewlitt US 6,598,631 B2 Jul. 29, 2003
(Apr. 25, 2001))
Hewlitt US 6,615,880 B2 Sep. 9, 2003
(Apr. 25, 2001))
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