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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD W. PAROD and CHARLES H. MEIS
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Appeal No. 2005-0981
Application No. 09/848,665
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 33, 36, 38-45 and 50. Claims 1-26, 37, 48
and 49 stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as
being drawn to non-elected invention(s) and/or specie(s).1
Claims 34, 35, 46 and 47, which are all of the other claims that
remain pending in this application, have been indicated as
1 The question as to whether or not withdrawn claims 37, 48
and 49 may be rejoined with the elected invention (reply brief,
pages 5-7) is not a matter before the Board but rather an issue
which the examiner should address upon return of the application
to the examiner’s jurisdiction subsequent to our decision.
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