The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 AHMAD R. ANSARI
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Appeal No. 2005-2273
Application No. 10/319,026
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, BARRY, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
A patent examiner rejected claims 21-26.1 The appellant appeals therefrom
under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse and enter a new ground of rejection.
1More specifically, claims 21-26 include independent claim 21 and dependent
claims 22, 23, 24, 25a, 25b, and 26. "If there are several claims, they shall be
numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals." 37 C.F.R. § 1.75(f). Here, the rejected
claims include claims labeled "25a" and "25b." (Amended Appeal Br. at 2.) Being
"basically a board of review," Ex parte Gambogi, 62 USPQ2d 1209, 1211 (Bd.Pat.App.
& Int. 2001), we leave the question of whether such alphanumeric labeling satisfies the
aforementioned requirement for consecutive numbering in numerals to the examiner
and the appellant.
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