The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte ANDREW D. BAILEY III, ALAN M. SCHOEPP,
DAVID J. HEMKER and MARK H. WILCOXSON
Appeal No. 2005-1395
Application No. 10/347,334
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, PAK and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-9.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method of transporting cargo using containers, the
containers each having bottom flooring, and substantially open
front and rear ends such that a user can walk through the
container via the open front and rear ends, each container being
constructed and arranged to be transported within an interior of
a trailer of a vehicle, method including the steps of:
moving a first container to a cargo collection location,
loading cargo into the first container,
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