Ex Parte Cook 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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                      Ex parte STEVEN T. COOK, BRIAN W. CLARK,                        
                      STEFFEN W. KRACS, DENNIS F. MOORE, JR.,                         
                              WILLIAM E. SCHNEBERGER,                                 
                              and TIMOTHY A. WHITEHEAD                                
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 2004-0410                                  
                             Application No. 09/509,415                               
                                   ______________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    
          Before GARRIS, WALTZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of            
          claims 3-16 which are all of the claims remaining in the                    
          application.                                                                
               The subject matter on appeal relates to a palletizing                  
          apparatus and method for loading a pallet with successive rows of           
          cylindrically shaped container end sticks.  The apparatus                   





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