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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOSEPH P. BOTELHO, JEFFREY SCOTT DENTON,
JAMES G. DONOVAN, JOHN M. HAWES,
JOSEPH GERALD O'CONNER and DAVID S. ROUGVIE
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Appeal No. 2006-2277
Application No. 10/390,459
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, PAK, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-18.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method for embossing an industrial process fabric in an
endless loop which functions in the manner of a conveyor in
making paper and paper related products or nonwoven textiles,
said method comprising the steps of:
providing a device having two opposed elements between
which said fabric may be compressed at a preselected level of
compression for a preselected time interval;
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