Ex Parte Gohlke - Page 1



               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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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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