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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SHUIYUAN LUO and ALAN L. BILLINGS
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Appeal No. 2006-1701
Application No. 10/334,513
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-5.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. An industrial fabric for use in papermaking and
papermaking related processes comprising a plurality of
uncoated functional monofilaments having a grooved-shaped
cross-section and having reduced air permeability compared
with a fabric formed of monofilaments having a circular
cross-section.
The examiner relies upon the reference in the rejection of
the appealed claims:
Dugan et al. (Dugan) 6,093,491 Jul. 25, 2000
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