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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RICHARD N. FARGO, MATTHEW JOHN DUNLAVEY; MICHAELPAUL COSTA
and CATALIN H. POPA
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Appeal No. 2004-0389
Application No. 09/853,339
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, ABRAMS 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 1 and
14. Claim 13 has been canceled and claims 2-12 and 15-26 stand withdrawn as not
being directed to elected species.
We affirm-in-part and enter a new ground of rejection.
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