THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was
not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding
precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN K. FORTIN
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Appeal No. 1996-4071
Application No. 08/292,692
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, WALTZ, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claim 1, which is the only claim pending in this
application.
BACKGROUND
Appellant's invention relates to a method of producing an
open-ended container from a sheet of unoriented thermoplastic
material. In appellant's formation process a biaxially
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