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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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 JOHN F. JUDGE
and MARK R. GEESEY
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Appeal No. 2003-0669
Application 09/407,116
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
John F. Judge et al. appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1, 2, 4 through 12, 14 through 16 and 18 through 20.
Claim 13 stands allowed. Claim 17, the only other claim pending
in the application, stands withdrawn from consideration as being
directed to a non-elected species.1
1 The examiner has refused entry of an amendment (Paper No.
10) filed subsequent to final rejection seeking to add new claim
21.
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