Appeal 2007-1581
Application 10/670,113
1 The Examiner rejected claim 64 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
2 anticipated by Schneider.
3 The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
4 appeal is:
5 Euverard US 4,522,292 Jun. 11, 1985
6 Schneider US 5,317,859 Jun. 07, 1994
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8 Appellants contend that Euverard does not disclose a grouping
9 apparatus for receiving individual wrapped bakery products and a separate
10 transfer apparatus for moving groups of wrapped bakery products from the
11 grouping apparatus to the turntable.
12 Appellants also contend that Schneider does not disclose the step of
13 moving patterns of wrapped bakery products directly from the turntable into
14 bakery trays.
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16 ISSUES
17 The first issue is whether the Appellants have shown that the
18 Examiner erred in finding that Euverard discloses a grouping apparatus for
19 receiving individual wrapped bakery products and a separate transfer
20 apparatus for moving groups of wrapped bakery products from the grouping
21 apparatus to the turntable.
22 The second issue is whether the Appellants have shown that the
23 Examiner erred in finding that Schneider discloses the step of moving
24 patterns of wrapped bakery products directly from the turntable into bakery
25 trays.
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