The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ 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 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ 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:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007