Ex Parte B. Santos et al - Page 1


                            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                                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                        
                                                      __________                                                          
                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                         
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                            
                                                      __________                                                          
                                       Ex parte JOYCE BEDELIA B. SANTOS,                                                  
                                 RITA JOSEFINA M. SANTOS, and KENNIE U. DEE                                               
                                                      __________                                                          
                                                 Appeal No. 2006-0251                                                     
                                              Application No. 10/017,697                                                  
                                                      __________                                                          
                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
                                                      __________                                                          
                 Before SCHEINER, ADAMS, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                         
                 ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                         This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                                  
                 examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-20, 22-24, 26, 28-33 and 43-46.  Of the                           
                 remaining pending claims, the examiner has indicated (Answer, page 3) claims                             
                 35-42 are allowable (Answer, page 3), and claims 21, 25, 27 and 34 stand                                 
                 objected to as dependent on a rejected claim.1  As appellants indicate (Brief,                           
                 page 2), “the [e]xaminer indicated that claims 21, 25, 27 and 34 … would be                              
                 allowable if written in independent form, including all of the limitations of the base                   
                 claim and any intervening claims.”  See e.g., Answer, page 12.                                           


                                                                                                                          
                 1 The objection to claim 21, 25, 27 and 34 is not before us on this appeal.                              





Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007