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                          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                               
                                     is not binding precedent of the Board                                         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 CHARLES EDWARD BOWERS                                                   
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                                               Appeal 2006-2287                                                    
                                            Application 10/631,320                                                 
                                            Technology Center 1700                                                 
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                                           Decided: August 28, 2007                                                
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                Before BRADLEY R. GARRIS, CHARLES F. WARREN, and                                                   
                THOMAS A. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                     
                WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                               

                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      
                       Applicant appeals to the Board from the decision of the Primary                             
                Examiner finally rejecting claims 29 through 48 in the Office Action mailed                        
                July 28, 2005.  35 U.S.C. §§ 6 and 134(a) (2002); 37 C.F.R. § 41.31(a)                             
                (2005).                                                                                            
                       We reverse the decision of the Primary Examiner.                                            
                       Claim 29 illustrates Appellant’s invention of a method of making a                          
                Saxony carpet, and is representative of the claims on appeal.                                      

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