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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 LINDA ROSKIN
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Appeal No. 2005-1238
Application No. 09/874,031
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 5 and 7
to 22, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1
We REVERSE.
1 This application was previously before this panel in Appeal No. 2003-1855. In our decision
mailed September 17, 2003 we reversed the rejections of claims 5 to 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Thereafter, the examiner reopened prosecution in an Office action mailed October 30, 2003. However,
that Office action does not indicate the Technology Center (TC) Director's authorization to reopen
prosecution under 37 CFR § 1.198 as required by Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)
§ 1214.04.
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