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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOYCE BEDELIA B. SANTOS,
RITA JOSEFINA M. SANTOS, and KENNIE U. DEE
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Appeal No. 2006-0251
Application No. 10/017,697
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ON BRIEF
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Before SCHEINER, ADAMS, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-20, 22-24, 26, 28-33 and 43-46. Of the
remaining pending claims, the examiner has indicated (Answer, page 3) claims
35-42 are allowable (Answer, page 3), and claims 21, 25, 27 and 34 stand
objected to as dependent on a rejected claim.1 As appellants indicate (Brief,
page 2), “the [e]xaminer indicated that claims 21, 25, 27 and 34 … would be
allowable if written in independent form, including all of the limitations of the base
claim and any intervening claims.” See e.g., Answer, page 12.
1 The objection to claim 21, 25, 27 and 34 is not before us on this appeal.
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