THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is
not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHRISTINE A. RICH
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Appeal No. 1999-0113
Application No. 08/472,321
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, 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 5-16 and 49-
51. Claims 1-4, the only other claims pending in this application, stand withdrawn from further
consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being directed to a non-elected invention. We note
that the appellant requested cancellation of claims 17-48, at the top of the "Request Form for
Continuation or Divisional Application Under 37 CFR § 1.60" filed June 7, 1995 (Paper No.
1), but a review of the application file reveals that this amendment has not been physically
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