Ex Parte Grabscheid et al - Page 1



                        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                         written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ALFRED A. TAYLOR                                                          
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                                                    Appeal 2006-2948                                                           
                                                 Application 10/194,872                                                        
                                                 Technology Center 1700                                                        
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                                             Decided:  September 12, 2006                                                      
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                  Before KIMLIN, KRATZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent                                            
                  Judges.                                                                                                      
                  KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                         

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                             
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 74-122.  Claims 1-                              
                  26 have been withdrawn from consideration.  Claim 74 is illustrative:                                        
                          74.  A method of monitoring a state of at least one of a felt and a                                  
                  screen serving for a dewatering of a fiber web, comprising the steps of:                                     
                          determining one of permanently and cyclically at intervals at least one                              
                  property of the at least one of a felt and a screen thereby providing a first                                
                  property development over time;                                                                              






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