Ex parte BECK - 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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11        
                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                              Ex parte KENNETH C. BECK                              
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                                Appeal No. 2001-0129                                
                             Application No. 09/035,655                             
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                                      ON BRIEF                                      
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         Before ABRAMS, NASE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                   
         Judges.                                                                    
         CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     




                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final                
         rejection of claims 1 through 9 which all the claims pending               
         in the application.                                                        
              The appellant’s invention relates to a package for animal             
         bedding which comprises a rigid planar fibrous pad disposed                
         within a plastic pouch.  An understanding of the invention can             
         be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1 which appears               
         in the appendix to the appellant’s brief.                                  





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