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today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.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
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte MATTHEW P. SAWHILL and KENNETH L. LEBSACK
Appeal No. 2005-2752
Application No. 10/443,245
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, WARREN and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 2, 4-6
and 8-22. Claims 2 and 9 are illustrative:
2. A casing hopper for sausage encasing machines,
comprising,
a hopper having a downwardly sloping bottom terminating in a
downwardly extending fence wall,
a chute wall substantially vertically disposed and being in
lateral spaced relation to the fence wall to form a
substantially vertical passageway,
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