The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KENNETH C. BECK ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0129 Application No. 09/035,655 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ 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.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007