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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GUSTAVO PALACIO, MARIA CLARA GARCIA,
PRISCILLA M. JONES, FRED ROBERT RADWANSKI,
PABLO RAMIREZ, JOHN RICHARD SKERRETT,
HENRY SKOOG, and BERNARDO VANEGAS
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Appeal 2006-2949
Application 10/012,768
Technology Center 1700
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Decided: September 25, 2006
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Before WARREN, TIMM, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the
Examiner finally rejecting claims 1 through 17, all of the claims in the
application.
Claim 1 illustrates Appellants’ invention of a hydraulically entangled
nonwoven fabric, and is representative of the claims on appeal:
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