Ex Parte LUCASSEN 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                                     for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                          


                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                      
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                       
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                          
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                            Ex parte ROGER G. M. LUCASSEN and MICHEL M. SPRONK                                           
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                                                  Appeal No. 2005-1293                                                   
                                               Application No. 09/453,480                                                
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                         
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              Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                         
              FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                    


                                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      
                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 4, 6, 7,                 
              11 and 13 through 15, all of the claims remaining in the application.  Claims 1 through 3,                 
              5, 8 through 10 and 12 have been cancelled.                                                                


                     Appellants’ invention relates to a cushioning conversion machine for converting                     
              sheet stock material into a cushioning dunnage product and to a method for controlling                     
              the formation of the dunnage product during a cutting operation to minimize machine                        








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