The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte Sabine Grimm and
Jean-Christophe Simon
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Appeal No. 2005-0708
Application No. 09/968,967
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HEARD: April 20, 2005
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Before PAK, WALTZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1, 4, 6-13, 19-24, 26, 27, 29, 30, and
33-48.1 Claims 14-18 are the only other claims pending in this
application but stand withdrawn from further consideration by the
examiner as directed to a non-elected invention (final Office
1
1Appellants submitted an amendment subsequent to the final
rejection, which amendment was entered by the examiner (see the
amendment dated Mar. 16, 2004, entered as per the Advisory Action
dated Mar. 31, 2004; see also the Brief, page 3, ¶ IV).
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