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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 VISHAL BANSAL, MICHAEL C. DAVIS and EDGAR N. RUDISILL
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Appeal No. 2006-0904
Application No. 09/919,565
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 5,
6, 8, 9, 11-14, 24-26 and 28-33. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A multiple component meltblown web comprised of at
least 95% by weight of multiple component meltblown fibers
having an average effective diameter of less than 10
microns, the multiple component meltblown fibers consisting
of non-elastomeric polymers, wherein
a first polymer component is a blend consisting of from
1% to 99% by weight of a first polymer and from 99% to 1% by
weight of a second polymer wherein the polymers are non-
elastomeric polymers selected from the group consisting of
polyethylene, polymethylpentene, copolymers of monomers of
ethylene and methylpentene, polyesters, polyamides,
polystyrene, fluoropolymers, olefinic ionomer resins, random
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