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                                       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                                   today was not written for publication and is not binding                                           
                                   precedent of the Board.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. 32                            
                                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                          
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                                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                            
                                                     AND INTERFERENCES                                                                
                                                        _______________                                                               
                                Ex parte JAMES LEO BAGGOT, MICHAEL EARK DANIIELS,                                                     
                                 RONALD FREDERICK GROPP, DAVID ROBERT GRUBER,                                                         
                                   PAUL KERNER PAULING, JAMES MONROE PERKINS,                                                         
                                       JAMES B. BA DOUR JR., LARRY E. BIRNBAUM                                                        
                                                  and RUDOLPH S. FORTUNA                                                              
                                                         ______________                                                               
                                                      Appeal No. 2002-1222                                                            
                                                      Application 09/049,908                                                          
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                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                 
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               Before WARREN, OWENS and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                           
               WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                   
                                                        Decision on Appeal                                                            
                       This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally                              
               rejecting claims 1 through 34, all of the claims in the application.  Claims 1 and 25 are                              
               illustrative of the claims on appeal:                                                                                  
               1.      A method of making and processing a high bulk tissue web, comprising:                                          
                       depositing an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers onto an endless forming fabric                          
               to form a web;                                                                                                         
                       drying the web to form a dried web having a bulk of 9.0 cubic centimeters per gram or                          
               greater;                                                                                                               


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