The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte ALFRED A. TAYLOR ________________ Appeal 2006-2948 Application 10/194,872 Technology Center 1700 ________________ Decided: September 12, 2006 ________________ 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 Claims 1- 26 have been withdrawn from consideration.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;Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007