UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVID W. THOMAS
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Appeal 2006-2301
Application 10/606,988
Technology Center 1700
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Decided: October 18, 2007
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Before EDWARD C. KIMLIN, BRADLEY R. GARRIS, and
CHUNG K. PAK, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-31. Claim 1 is
illustrative:
1. A method for manufacturing smooth surface board from fibrous
material, the method comprising the steps of:
first conveyor fibrous material through an oven on a first conveyor
assembly to produce a board of fibrous material, the first conveyor assembly
including a first upper conveyor and a first lower conveyor; and
pulling the board of fibrous material from the oven with a pulling
apparatus downstream of the oven at a speed different from the speed of at
least one of the first upper conveyor and the first lower conveyor, causing
the fibrous material to skid relative to the at least one of the first upper
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