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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MICHAEL A. MASINI
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Appeal No. 2005-1675
Application No. 09/523,503
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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 (mailed April 15,
2003) of claims 8 to 16. Claims 1 to 7, the only other claims pending in this application,
have been withdrawn from consideration. Subsequent to the final rejection, the
examiner withdrew the non-prior art rejections of claims 12 to 16.1 Consequently,
claims 8 to 13, 15 and 16 remain on appeal. Claim 14 would be allowable if rewritten in
independent form.
We AFFIRM.
1See page 2 of the answer (mailed March 19, 2004).
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