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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARY CARMEN GASCO, SHANE EDWIN MEEKER, RONALD PETER
DEVLAM, MARK WILLIAM RAKENTINE, PATRICK LEE O’BRIEN, JEAN-MARC
HENRI KIROUAC and JANET ADELE VEITH
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Appeal No. 2005-2412
Application No. 10/010,818
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, FRANKFORT and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 1 and
3-20.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a shaped container
bottom for containing a plurality of curved snack pieces (e.g.,
Pringles® potato chips). The container bottom comprises a bottom
panel having a concave-curvature which substantially conforms to
the curvature of the snack pieces and wherein a peripheral edge
of a lowest snack piece of the plurality of snack pieces rests
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