Ex Parte WEBB et al - Page 1



          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             
          Board.                                                                      
                                                            Paper No. 24              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                       Ex parte ANTHONY WEBB and LARRY CHALLIS                        
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1086                                  
                               Application 09/297,065                                 
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                               HEARD: October 8, 2002                                 
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          Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Anthony Webb et al. appeal from the final rejection of                 
          claims 7 through 10, all of the claims pending in the                       
          application.                                                                
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to a method of forming a product sack            
          having block ends which expedite stacking the sack on a pallet.1            

               1 The appellants’ specification (see page 1) indicates that a          
          block end is flat and rectangular.                                          
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