The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BILLY DEAN ARNOLD
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Appeal No. 2003-1381
Application No. 09/577,427
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIM, TIMM and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 23-50. Claims 1-22 have
been cancelled.
Claim 23 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal
and is set forth below:
23. A nonwoven web composite, comprising:
a plurality of side-by-side bicomponent multilobal
fibers including a higher melting component on a first
side, a lower melting component on a second side, and an
interface between the higher and lower melting components;
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