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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MARK D. CARMAN
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Appeal No. 1997-2510
Application No. 07/868,539
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL1
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s rejection2 of claims 1 and 3-11, which are all the claims pending in
the application.
1 We note that the “Request for Withdrawal as Attorney”, received January 31,
2001 (Paper No. 32) was granted (Paper No. 33, mailed February 21, 2001). As
set forth in Paper No. 33, “[n]o action will be taken in the appeal by the Board of
Patent Appeals and Interferences for at least 30 days from the date of this letter
so that the applicant will have sufficient time to obtain other representation or
take appropriate action.” Since the mailing of Paper No. 33, no further
communication was received from appellant, or appellant’s representative.
2 We note that this appeal is from the examiner’s non-Final Rejection (Paper No.
24, mailed June 15, 1995), of claims 1 and 3-11, which were “twice rejected” at
the time the Notice of Appeal was filed. See 37 CFR § 1.191(a).
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