The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WOLFGANG MATTHES, LUTZ RICHTER and ANDREAS STEINERT
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Appeal No. 2005-0996
Application No. 09/848,583
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HEARD: JUNE 8, 2005
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Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-10, 12
and 13. Claim 11 stands withdrawn from consideration as not being directed to an
elected invention.
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a cutting device for trimming margins of
products, in particular, stitched or otherwise joined-together sheets of paper, the cutting
device having a transport device and first drive mechanism for driving the transport
device, a lifting device for moving knives for performing the margin trim and a second
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