The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
is not binding precedent of the Board.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 PIERRE GRAFF
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Appeal 2007-2206
Application 10/181,977
Technology Center 1700
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Decided: July 24, 2007
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Before TONI R. SCHEINER, ERIC GRIMES, and LORA M. GREEN,
Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to an
embossed sheet of tissue paper. The Examiner has rejected the claims as
anticipated and obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We
affirm.
BACKGROUND
In the manufacture of toilet paper or paper towels, “it is known to
produce paper sheets consisting of several plies of absorbent paper, for
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