The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and
is not binding precedent of the Board
Paper No. 32
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FREDERIC CHIQUET,
MARYLISE LE THUAUT,
JEAN-JACQUES GIRARD
and PASCAL BANIEL
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Appeal No. 2002-2101
Application No. 09/068,540
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, LIEBERMAN and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 6, 8,
and 12 through 14. Claims 1 through 5, 7, and 9 through 11 have
been withdrawn from consideration, and claims 15 through 19 have
been canceled.1
1 On page 1 of the brief, appellants state that claims 1-5, 7, and 9-11 may be
subject to rejoinder under MPEP 821.04 if one or more claims 6, 8, and 12-14
is found allowable. Upon return of this case to the jurisdiction of the
examiner, we instruct the examiner to make a determination on this issue.
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