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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 OLIVER P. PEOPLES, LARA L. MADISON,
and GJALT W. HUISMAN
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Appeal No. 2005-1383
Application No. 09/364,847
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ON BRIEF
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ELLIS, GRIMES and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection
of claims 1-6, all the claims remaining in the application.
As a preliminary matter, we note the appellants’ statement on page 4 of the Brief
that the claims do not stand or fall together. 37 C.F.R. § 1.192(c)(7)(2003). The
appellants contend that there are four groups of claims; Group I consisting of claim 1,
Group II consisting of claim 2, Group III consisting of claims 3 and 4, and Group IV
consisting of claims 5 and 6. Id. The appellants contend that they have provided
“arguments for the separate patentability of groups 2 and 4.” Id.
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