PER CURIAM
Sitting: Catherine Stone, Justice
Paul W. Green, Justice
Sarah B. Duncan, Justice
Delivered and Filed: October 29, 2003
DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION
The trial court signed a final judgment on May 8, 2003. Appellant filed a timely motion for new trial, extending the deadline to file the notice of appeal until August 6, 2003. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(a). Appellant did not file his notice of appeal until September 4, 2003. Because appellant did not file his notice of appeal within the required time period, or within the additional fifteen-day grace period provided by the appellate rules, see Tex. R. App. P. 26.3, appellant did not invoke the jurisdiction of this court. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.1(b); Ashley v. Harris County Risk Mgmt., 104 S.W.3d 905, 906 (Tex. App.--Corpus Christi 2003, no pet.). Accordingly, we dismiss appellant's appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).
PER CURIAM