The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 REXFORD A. MAUGANS
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Appeal No. 2006-1411
Application No. 10/013,875
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and FRANKLIN, Administrative
Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1,
7-16, 18, 20-22, 50 and 52-56. Claims 19, 23-49 and 58 stand
withdrawn from consideration. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method of making a non-woven fabric, comprising:
passing a fiber web comprising polyethylene through a pair of
rolls to obtain a thermally bonded fabric with at least about 24
percent of bond areas, and wherein the percentage of bond areas
is formed by an engraved pattern on one of the rolls, and the
engraved pattern has a plurality of bond points having a bond
point angle higher than 20°.
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