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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JONATHAN D. PARKER,
AARON J. PEPER and BRIAN D. MACLEOD
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Appeal No. 2003-0214
Application 09/441,490
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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
Jonathan D. Parker et al. appeal from the final rejection
(Paper No. 10) of claims 1 and 3 through 31, all of the claims
pending in the application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “a bulk palletizer with a
programmable, cantilevered arm” (specification, page 1).
Representative claim 1 reads as follows:1
1 The following terms in the appealed claims lack a proper
antecedent basis and are deserving of correction in the event of
further prosecution before the examiner: “the gate” and “the
crowders” in claim 9; “the bulk product feeder” and “the tier
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