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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DENNIS W. CRABTREE and DWIGHT P. WILLIAMS
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Appeal No. 2005-2154
Application No. 10/145,341
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-6, 8,
12 and 17-19. Claims 10, 11 and 13-16 stand withdrawn from consideration as not
being directed to elected species. Claims 7 and 9 are not subject to any rejection, but
the examiner has not indicated their status on the record. Upon return of this
application to the examiner, the examiner should clarify the status of claims 7 and 9 on
the record.
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