Appeal No. 2001-0421 Application 08/926,835 statutory responsibility under 35 U.S.C. § 6 by reviewing the examiner’s prior art rejections of the claims on appeal. In the forum of this dissenting opinion, it would be inappropriate for me to express an advisory opinion concerning the merits of these prior art rejections. Therefore, I will defer expressing my view on these matters until such time as the majority members of this or an expanded panel are willing or required to review the examiner’s prior art rejections of the appellants’ long-pending claims. ) ) BOARD OF PATENT BRADLEY R. GARRIS ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES BRG:tdl 38Page: Previous 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007