Application of Unokichi Takai

ALMOND, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, adhered to on reconsideration, affirming the rejection of claims 16-19 of appellant’s application entitled “Method and Means for Producing a Plastic Fabric Having Pile Like Projections.” 1 No claims have been allowed.

The invention relates to a pile-like fabric of thermoplastic material for use as draperies, wall or floor coverings, etc. the fabric, which consists of a base and a multiplicity of integral conical piliform projections “extruded” from the surface of the base, is shown in Fig. 4 : fr/G. <3.

The…