Ex Parte Gillette et al - Page 1



            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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SAMUEL MARK GILLETTE, JAMES WILLIAM FLIPPIN,                 
                         WALTER GOMER JONES, ZAREH MIKAELIAN                          
                            and ALFRED FRANK BALDWIN, JR.                             
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                                Appeal No. 2006-0778                                  
                             Application No. 10/266,917                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKLIN, WARREN, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s            
          final rejection of claims 1 through 55.  Claims 1-32, 36-41, and            
          53-55 are rejected, and claims 33-35 and 42-52 have been                    
          withdrawn from consideration.  Answer, page 2.                              
               Claims 1 and 53 are representative of the subject matter on            
          appeal and are set forth below:                                             
               1.   A loop component for use in a hook and loop fastening             
          system, comprising a spunlaced fabric having a plurality of loop            
          structures formed by entangling a plurality of non-interbonded              
          fibers in a fibrous web of material.                                        
          53.   A hook and loop fastening system, comprising:                         
               a hook component having a hook density between about 30 and            
          400 hooks per square centimeter; and                                        
               a loop component, comprising a spunlaced fabric having a               
          plurality of loop structures formed by entangling a plurality of            




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