Appeal 2007-0485
Application 10/457,876
I. BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a method for dispensing pizza sauce onto
pizza dough. Claim 28 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal:
1. A method of dispensing pizza sauce onto an edible pizza dough
base supported by a pizza pan on a rotatable disc, the method comprising:
positioning an edible pizza dough base on a pizza pan;
centering the pizza pan on the rotatable disc;
selectively rotating the disc, pizza pan and the edible pizza dough base
thereon at a predetermined rate;
moving at least one nozzle over the edible pizza dough base;
selectively dispensing pizza sauce through the at least one nozzle onto
the pizza dough base while the pizza dough base rotates; and
terminating the dispensing operation.
The rejections as presented by the Examiner are as follows:
1. Claims 28, 30-34, and 43-51 rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2 as
indefinite;
2. Claims 28, 30, 32-34, 38, and 41-51 rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as obvious over Khatchadouran (WO 98/04,137) in view of
MacManus (US 3,724,417);
3. Claims 31 and 40 rejected under 35 U.S.C § 103(a) as obvious over
Khatchadourian and MacManus and further in view of Bakker (US
5,117,749); and
4. Claim 39 is rejected under 35 U.S.C § 103(a) as obvious over
Khatchadourian and MacManus and further in view of Olander (US
5,997,924).
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