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is not binding precedent of the Board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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FRANK G. DRUECKE,
JAMES J. TANNER and
RICHARD H. BELL
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Appeal No. 2002-0815
Application No. 08/902,171
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, KRATZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1-11.
Claims 1-4 are representative of the subject matter on
appeal, and are set forth below, wherein the text in bold is for
emphasis:
1. A weather-protective outer garment comprising a
laminated fabric of a polyolefin nonwoven fabric discontinuously
bonded to a foraminous polyolefin film with an adhesive, said
laminated fabric oriented such that the polyolefin film side of
the fabric is the outward-facing surface of the garment, said
garment having one or more discontinuously ultrasonically bonded
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