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              Appeal No. 2001-0570                                                                                        
              Application No. 09/049,591                                                                                  


                     The examiner has followed these procedures.  His simultaneous rejection based                        
              on indefiniteness and rejection over Tatsumi avoids "[p]iecemeal examination,"                              
              M.P.E.P. § 707(g), and "piecemeal appellate review."  Ionescu, 222 USPQ at 540                              
              (footnote and citations therein omitted).                                                                   











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