Ex Parte Hoyt et al - 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            not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the                           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 MATTHEW B. HOYT, BOBBY J. BAILEY,                                   
                            STANLEY A. MCINTOSH, PHILIP E. WILSON                                     
                                        and GARY W. SHORE                                             
                                                                                                     
                                       Appeal No. 2006-1003                                           
                                     Application 10/046,535                                           
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                                              ON BRIEF                                                
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            Before PAK, OWENS and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.                             
            OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                       

                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                            
                  This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 and 6-8,                          
            which are all of the pending claims.                                                      
                                           THE INVENTION                                              
                  The appellants claim a method for making a stain-resistant                          
            sheath/core nylon filament having an acid-dyed nylon core and a                           
            substantially undyed nylon sheath.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                              






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