Ex parte SMITH 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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.     

                                                            Paper No. 18              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                             Ex parte MICKEY LEE SMITH,                               
                              CYNTHIA STEWART STOKES,                                 
                                        and                                           
                                 RONNIE LEE WILLARD                                   
                                   ______________                                     
                                Appeal No. 2000-1121                                  
                             Application No. 08/827,656                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    
          Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection               
          of claims 26-30, 35 and 36 which are all of the claims                      
          remaining in the application.                                               
               The subject matter on appeal relates to an article for                 
          use as an anti-static device in a clothes dryer comprising a                
          rod made of a gathered web or filamentary tow substrate                     





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