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and is not binding precedent of the Board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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GORDON SWEENIE
and DON SPEARS
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Appeal No. 1998-2436
Application 08/550,667
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative
Patent Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1-10, which are all the claims
pending in this application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention:
1. A synthetic turf having a substrate and a
plurality of synthetic polymer turf filaments anchored in
the substrate and extending therefrom, said filaments
having a denier ranging between 100 and 1200, and each
said filament having a substantially diamond-shaped cross
section with a
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