Appeal 2007-1858
Application 10/800,566
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a method of packaging a
food product in a blow-molded PET plastic container (Specification 1).
Further details of the appealed subject matter are recited in representative
claims 3 and 9 reproduced below:
3. An energy-efficient method of packaging a food
product, comprising the steps of:
selecting a blow-molded PET plastic container having a sidewall with
a plurality of peripheral vertically-spaced grooves, a dome
located above said sidewall having a blown, wide-mouth
opening adapted to receive a sealed closure, a footed base
below said sidewall, an upper label bumper extending around
the upper end of said sidewall subjacent said dome, a lower
label bumper extending around the lower end of said sidewall
superadjacent said base;
hot-filling the container with said food product;
capping the filled container;
heating the filled and capped container for a time at a temperature
sufficient to pasteurize said food product; and
cooling the pasteurized filled and capped container to ambient
temperature.
9. An energy-efficient method of packaging a volatile food
product that requires pasteurization at elevated temperatures after the food
product is packaged in a container that has been filled and capped,
comprising the steps of:
hot-filling a blow-molded plastic container with said volatile food
product at a temperature of at least 180°F, said container having
a sidewall stiffened against distortion, a dome located above
said sidewall and having an opening adapted to receive a sealed
closure, a base located below said sidewall, an upper label
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