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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
____________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
____________
Ex parte WERNER STAHLECKER
and BERTHOLD MUELLER
____________
Appeal No. 2003-0488
Application No. 09/086,286
____________
HEARD: July 16, 2003
____________
Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-9 and 11-17, all the
claims currently pending in the application.
Appellants’ invention pertains to an apparatus for manufacturing a paper can from blanks of
packing material. As explained on page 1 of the specification, the apparatus comprises
processing stations which are arranged one behind the other along a first star wheel
and a second star wheel. The stations are rotatable in a cyclical motion and comprise
holding devices for the blanks which can be fed to the processing stations one after
the other to be put together and formed one by one. Material supply stations hold
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007