Appeal No. 2002-0933
Application No. 09/325,944
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellant's specification and claims, to
the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions
articulated by appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of1
our review, we have made the determinations which follow.
As a preliminary matter, we note that issues (1) and (2)
presented by appellant on page 5 of the brief relate to
objections made by the examiner during the prosecution of the
present application. The first is an objection to the drawings
under 37 CFR § 1.83(a) and the second is an objection to the
specification under 37 CFR § 1.75(d)(1). However, those
particular issues relate to petitionable subject matter under
37 CFR § 1.181 and are not appealable. Under 35 U.S.C. § 134 and
37 CFR § 1.191 appeals may be taken from the decision of the
primary examiner to reject claims. This Board does not and is
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