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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27           
                      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. 2002-1878                                  
                             Application No. 09/246,257                               
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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 5 and 7 through 19.  Claim 6 has been canceled.  These              
          are all the claims in the application.                                      
               The claimed invention is a system and method for conveying a           
          string of air-filled packing cushions between the machine in                
          which they are made and a storage bin from which they are                   
          dispensed for use.  The conveyer used to convey the string of               
          air-filled packaging comprises a vertical section and an angled             





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