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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
____________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
____________
Ex parte PATRICK D. ARNELL
____________
Appeal No. 2003-0589
Application No. 09/564,326
____________
ON BRIEF
____________
Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to
allow claims 1 through 13 as amended subsequent to the final
rejection in a paper filed June 6, 2002 (Paper No. 15). Claims
14 through 18, the only other claims remaining in the
application, have been withdrawn from further consideration by
the examiner pursuant to a restriction requirement.
Appellant's invention is directed to a process of making
non-rectangular zipper closable plastic bags without creating
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007