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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board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. 36
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RUSSELL W. HECKMAN, JAMES A. HERMAN,
LARRY P. SHIPLE and WALTER E. TRAXLER
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Appeal No. 1999-0509
Application No. 08/693,585
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ON BRIEF
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Before MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, ABRAMS and
NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner=s final rejection of claims 22,
23 and 25 through 35. The only other claims still pending in the application have been
withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non-elected invention.
The invention disclosed in appellants= application relates to the attachment of a
heat-shrinkable label to an article such as a glass or plastic container. Claims 22, 23 and
25-31 are directed to a method of applying a label to a container, claims 32-34 are
directed to the product produced by any one of the foregoing method claims and claim 35
is directed to a method of applying segments of heat shrinkable material to an article.
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