Ex Parte BROWN - 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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte KURT E. BROWN                                 
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                                Appeal No. 2002-0675                                  
                             Application No. 09/217,876                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before ABRAMS, PATE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                 
          through 9, 12 through 19 and 22 through 24.  Claims 10, 11, 20              
          and 21 stand allowed.                                                       
               The claimed invention is directed to a system and method for           
          conveying a string of air-filled packing cushions between a                 
          machine in which they are made and a storage bin where they can             
          be removed for use.  The claimed conveyor is an air conveyor                






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