Ex parte PIETRAFESA - Page 1




                    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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                             Ex parte MICHAEL PIETRAFESA                              
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                                Appeal No. 1999-2730                                  
                               Application 09/008,836                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before ABRAMS, PATE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                    
          Judges.                                                                     
          PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow                 
          claims 1 and 3 through 6 as amended after the final rejection.              
          These are all the claims in the application.                                
               The claimed invention is directed to a gift package for                
          accommodating a gift such as a doll or stuffed animal.  The                 
          gift package is in the shape of a baby bottle and is comprised              
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