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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GERALD J. JULIEN
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Appeal No. 2001-1553
Application No. 09/224,757
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ON BRIEF
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Before McQUADE, 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 10, 21,
25, 26 and 31. Claim 16 stands allowed and claims 9, 12, 15, 17-20 and 22-24 stand
withdrawn from consideration as being directed to non-elected species. No other
claims are pending in the application. As indicated on page 3 of the examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 15), the amendment after final (Paper No. 13) filed with appellant’s brief
(Paper No. 12) has not been entered.
BACKGROUND
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