The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JAMES M. SHEPPARD, JR.
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Appeal No. 2004-1029
Application No. 09/747,529
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HEARD: July 14, 2004
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Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 21 through 36, all of the claims remaining in
this application. Claims 1 through 20 have been canceled.
As noted on page 1 of the specification, appellant's
invention relates to both a textile article and a method of
making the textile article, wherein the textile article is a two-
sided Jacquard woven textile product (e.g., a towel) with a
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