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today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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 BARTOLOMEO FORZANO
and GIANFRANCO FERRERO
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Appeal No. 2006-0548
Application 10/381,877
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, WALTZ and FRANKLIN, 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 11, all of the claims in the application.
Claim 1 illustrates appellants’ invention of a plastic sheeting, and is representative of the
claims on appeal:
1. Plastic sheeting designed for mulching and/or as a barrier for retaining treating agents,
particularly soil sterilants and for preventing said treating agents from being diffused in the
atmosphere, wherein the covering sheet comprises a layer of polyamide or of mixtures of pure
polyamides or of mixtures of a polyamide and one or more different polymers or of mixtures of
several polyamides and one or more different polymers.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Percec et al. (Percec) 5,084,352 Jan. 28, 1992
Basset et al. (Basset) 5,846,661 Dec. 8, 1998
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