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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte LOUIS J. DOUCET
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Appeal No. 2000-0581
Application No. 08/429,155
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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, 3-8, 10, 12-22 and 24-28. Claims 9 and
11, the only other claims pending in this application, stand
withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being
drawn to a nonelected species.1
We note that appellant (Paper No. 5, page 6) elected the embodiment of1
Figures 2-2b in response to the examiner's election requirement (Paper No. 3,
pages 4-5). While it appears to us that claims 5 and 6 are directed to the
embodiment of Figures 3-3b and claims 7, 13 and 26 are directed to the
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