The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOSEPH JAMES HARDING ____________ Appeal No. 2005-1109 Application No. 09/781,733 ____________ HEARD: AUGUST 10, 2005 ____________ Before PATE, BAHR and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 6-32. These are the only claims in the application. The invention is in the field of machines that rapidly produce cushioning material on demand from paper stock. The claimed invention is directed to the monitoring and totaling of the amount of stock material used during a period of time and an apparatus that stores this information. The claimed invention may be further understood with reference to the appealed claims appended to appellant’s brief. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007