Appeal 2007-1685
Application 10/106,402
Appellant's invention relates to a method for processing porkhide dog
chews. Independent claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method of processing porkhide dog chews, comprising
the following steps:
subjecting pigskin rawhide to defatting and depilation
treatment;
splitting the rawhide into a plurality of layers of split rawhide
material;
subjecting the split rawhide material to shaping and drying to
produce a shaped hide product; and
smoking the shaped hide product with gaseous smoke to dye
and flavor the shaped hide product, resulting in a finished porkhide
dog chew.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Meyer US 4,163,804 Aug. 7, 1979
Lynch US 6,033,715 Mar. 7, 2000
Wenzhou Huaheng Plastics & Leather Co. Standard Q/NHH 01-2001
(2/6/01)
A.D. Livingston, Cold-Smoking & Salt-Curing Meat, Fish, & Game, 43-47
& 83-112, (1995)
Appellant’s Admitted Prior Art (“AAPA”), Specification 1-2
The Examiner made the following rejections:
1. Claims 1, 6, 11-20, and 25-33 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over AAPA in view of Wenzhou and as evidenced by Lynch;
2. Claims 1, 6, 11-20, and 25-33 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over AAPA in view of Meyer and as evidenced by Lynch;
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