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today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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 WILLIAM J. BAKKER
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Appeal No. 2006-0445
Application 08/977,374
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, WARREN and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134, the claims having been twice rejected, from the
decision of the examiner rejecting claims 36 through 46 in the Office action mailed May 18,
2004, which are all of the claims in the application.
Claim 36 illustrates appellant’s invention of a cover for sealing an open-topped container,
and is representative of the claims on appeal:1
36. A cover for sealing an open-topped container comprising:
a piece of heat shrinkable film shaped and sized to cover the open top of said container
and to have a downwardly extending portion around an upper rim of said container, said piece of
heat shrinkable film being a film substrate that contracts when heated and which remains
unchanged upon exposure to radiant energy, said downwardly extending portion including a first
means to convert the radiant energy to heat to heat said downward depending portion when said
first means is exposed to the radiant energy, such that said downwardly extending portion is heat
1 We have copied claim 36 as it stands of record and appears in the appendix to the brief.
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