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                     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                               publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DON ELROD                                                
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                                            Appeal No. 2006-1022                                              
                                          Application No. 10/084,829                                          
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                                                  ON BRIEF                                                    
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            Before GARRIS, KRATZ, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                 
            GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                              


                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                   This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 7-19, 21-26, 28-30 and 34-53.        
                   The subject matter on appeal relates to a fabric, which has antimicrobial or chemical      
            detoxification properties, produced in accordance with a method comprising the steps of (1)       
            treating a fabric with ozone to form peroxide groups, (2) decomposing the peroxide groups with    
            an iron catalyst to form oxygen radicals, and (3) grafting a polymerizable monomer to the         
            oxygen radicals on the fabric surface, wherein the monomer or a derivative thereof provides the   









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