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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GANG AN and
ROBERT VELTRI
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Appeal No. 2006-1331
Application No. 09/962,902
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ON BRIEF
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DISMISSAL OF APPEAL
On May 22, 2006, counsel for the appellants filed a Request for Continued
Examination (RCE) under 37 CFR § 1.114. Pursuant to the notice entitled “Request for
Continued Examination Practice and Changes to Provisional Application Practice,”
65 Fed. Reg. 50092, 50095 (Aug. 16, 2000), and the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.114(d),
a request for continued examination under 37 CFR § 1.114 filed after appeal has been
taken, but prior to a decision on the appeal, “will be treated as a request to withdraw the
appeal and to reopen prosecution of the application before the examiner.”
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