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          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the              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. 13              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                               Ex parte JAMES A. RIEDL                                 
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                                Appeal No. 2003-0043                                   
                                Application 29/065,720                                 
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                                       ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before GARRIS, HAIRSTON, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent                
          Judges.                                                                      
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                  
          rejection of the following design claim:                                     
               The ornamental design for a PAPERBOARD CONTAINER as shown.              
          As may be seen best from Figures 1, 2, 4 and 5, appellant’s                  
          paperboard container includes rectangular end panels that                    
          converge from parallel side edges of a rear or back panel toward             
          a rectangular front panel that is of lesser width than the width             

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