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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 W. SCOTT THIELMAN
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Appeal No. 2000-1213
Application No. 08/566,006
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HEARD: March 19, 2002
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Before PAK, LIEBERMAN, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 8 through 19. Claims 1
through 7, the remaining claims in the application, stand withdrawn
from consideration by the examiner as being directed to a non-
elected invention.
According to appellant (Brief, page 3), “[t]he claims of the
rejected group are believed to be each separately patentable...”
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