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today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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 ALMUT KRIEBEL, VOLKER NIGGL,
ERICH PETERS, ROLAND RAUCH and JOSEF SCHNEID
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Appeal No. 2004-2284
Application 09/832,873
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HEARD: April 21, 2005
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Before KIMLIN, WARREN and PAWLIKOWSKI, 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 16.
Claim 1 illustrates appellants’ invention and is representative of the claims on appeal:
1. A process for dispersing fibrous paper stock comprising:
delivering an aqueous fibrous paper stock;
pressing some water out of the aqueous fibrous paper stock to form a highly consistent
coarse fibrous paper stock;
loosening and distributing the highly consistent stock by introducing the highly
consistent coarse fibrous stock into an effective area of a mallet roll having circulating mallets
extending from a rotating shaft which cooperate with fixed peripheral impact sections, thereby
breaking up the highly consistent coarse fibrous stock passing between the mallets and fixed
peripheral impact sections;
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