THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)
was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) 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not binding precedent of the Board.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 PETER M. KOBYLIVKER, SIMON K. OFOSU,
SUSAN E. SHAWVER and ROGER L. LANCE
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Appeal No. 1997-1795
Application 08/442,617
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 6-11
and 14, all the claims remaining in the present application.
Claim 6 is illustrative:
6. A nonwoven fabric comprising a web of bondable
thermoplastic polymer fibers comprised of a
biconsti-tuent blend of from about 95 to 50 weight
percent polypropylene having an isotacticity of at
least 98 percent, and from about 5 to 50 weight
percent of a
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