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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 ROB L. JACOBS
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Appeal No. 2003-1958
Application No. 09/141,859
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, DELMENDO, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.
PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 18 through 32, which are all of the claims pending in the present application.
The subject matter on appeal is directed to “[a] thermally stable three dimensionally
texturized liquid resistant laminate...” See claim 18. The laminate comprises, inter alia, “a
prebonded fibrous layer and a nonelastic liquid resistant layer having a higher latent shrinkability
than said fibrous layer...” According to the specification, the thermally stable texturized liquid
resistant laminate is formed by thermally annealing the laminate until its nonelastic liquid resistant
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