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is not binding precedent of the Board
Paper No. 17
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 L. MELBYE,
SUSAN K. NESTEGARD,
LEIGH E. WOOD,
MARVIN D. LINDSETH, and
DALE A. BYCHINSKI
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Appeal No. 2002-0846
Application No. 09/503,452
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HEARD: FEBRUARY 6, 2003
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Before GARRIS, LIEBERMAN, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 17-25.
Claims 1-16 have been canceled.
Claim 17 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and
is set forth below:
17. A method of continuously forming a smooth hook strip
for a hook-and-loop type mechanical fastener consisting
essentially of:
a) providing a web backing having an array of upstanding
substantially uniformly spaced thermoplastic projections which
web backing and projections are formed of the same thermoplastic
material, the thermoplastic material having a flow temperature,
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