The opinion in support of the decision being entered
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVID G. MANN
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Appeal No. 2006-1105
Application 10/643,626
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, WALTZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s refusal to allow
claims 12 through 14 and 16 (see the amendment dated Apr. 29, 2005, subsequent to
the final Office action, which was entered as noted in the Advisory Action mailed May 9,
2005; see also the Brief, page 2). Claims 2, 4-9, 19 and 23-27 have been allowed by
the examiner, while the examiner has objected to claims 15 and 17 as depending on a
rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including
the base claim and any intervening claims (Brief, page 2). No other
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