Ex Parte Abdallah - Page 1



                  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                         is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DAVID G. ABDALLAH                               
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                                Appeal No. 2005-0704                                  
                             Application No. 09/812,293                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 2-10              
          and 21-23.  Claims 11-18, the other pending claims in the present           
          application, have been withdrawn from consideration.                        
               Claim 21 is illustrative:                                              
               21.     A green tire incorporating a body ply                          
               comprising an elastomeric sheet and a plurality of rows                
               of reinforcement cords embedded therein by extruding an                
               elastomeric material between and around the cords in                   
               the plurality of rows, the body ply having edges                       
               forming an axially extending seam, wherein each of the                 
               reinforcement cords has a diameter d1, wherein adjacent                







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