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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD LOUIS UNDERHILL, PAUL DOUGLAS BEUTHER,
ROBERT IRVING GUSKY and KEVIN JOSEPH VOGT
Appeal No. 2006-1115
Application No. 10/397,748
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, WALTZ and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 13-21.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a tissue sheet
having at least two distinct, regular, overall texture patterns
(e.g., see figures 1 and 2 of the appellants’ drawing) and an
optical reference pattern (e.g., see element 5 in figure 3).
This appealed subject matter is adequately represented by claim
13, the sole independent claim before us, which reads as follows:
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