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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MATHEW MCPHERSON
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Appeal No. 2006-1834
Application No. 09/852,253
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and HOMERE, Administrative Patent Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-23, and 25-
27, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 3 and 24 have been
canceled. As indicated at pages 8 and 9 of the Answer, the Examiner has withdrawn the
obviousness-type double patenting rejection of claims 1, 4-6, 9-23, and 25-27.
Accordingly, only the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims 1, 2, 7, 8, 20-23,
and 25-27 is before us on appeal.
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