The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte LARRY A. CHRISTENSEN
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Appeal No. 2006-0158
Application No. 10/668,832
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, TIMM and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-10.
Claim 1 is illustrative.
1. A method of creating an expression of a positive
feeling comprising the steps of:
taking an empty receptacle, wherein the receptacle is a
package, and
placing a note on the package expressing the positive
feeling to a recipient of the package and
including a request that the package remain
unopened but suggesting that the unopened package
is filled with the positive feeling.
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