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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHAEL D. WALLACE
and RONALD J. MONTGOMERY
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Appeal No. 2002-2230
Application 09/295,547
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Michael D. Wallace et al. appeal from the final rejection
(Paper No. 15) of claims 1 through 10, 12 through 21 and 32, all
of the claims pending in the application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “an apparatus and method for
folding a back flap on a moving carton or other article”
(specification, page 2). Representative claim 1 reads as
follows:
1. A method of determining when to trigger a hook for
folding a back flap of a moving carton such that the hook strikes
the back flap at a strike point for folding, comprising:
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