Ex Parte DIERL et al - 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           not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the                          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. 22                     
                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                  
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                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                    
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                           
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                               Ex parte MARTIN BERNHARD DIERL                                       
                                       and EDUARD EDWARDS                                           
                                            __________                                              
                                      Appeal No. 2003-0058                                          
                                     Application 09/390,190                                         
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                                             ON BRIEF                                               
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           Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent                              
           Judges.                                                                                  
           MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                    

                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                           
                 Martin Bernhard Dierl et al. appeal from the final rejection                       
           of claims 1 through 33.1  Claims 34 through 57, the only other                           
           claims pending in the application, stand withdrawn from                                  
           consideration pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b).                                             
                                         THE INVENTION                                              
                 The invention relates to “a reclose or zipper seal jaw                             
           design for use in a sealing carriage of a vertical form and fill                         




                 1 Claim 1 has been amended subsequent to final rejection.                          




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