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    All,<br>
    <br>
        Looking for some guidance.  Is it proper for an examiner to
    issue a species restriction where all of the supposedly different
    species are present in the same dependent claim (as opposed to
    separate dependent claims)?  <br>
    <br>
        For example, if claim 1 recites a "writing implement" and claim
    2 says, "the system of claim 1, wherein the writing implement is one
    of a pencil or a ball point pen"?    I am used to the type of
    species restriction issued involving , for example, claim 2 stating
    "the system of claim 1, wherein the writing implement is a pencil"
    and claim 3 stating "the system of claim 1, wherein the writing
    implement is a ball point pen."<br>
    <br>
        NOTE:  I am not concerned with the propriety of such
    restrictions or the arguments that can be made against them (thank
    you David for your repeated guidance to the group on those points),
    only the specific situation where the supposed different species are
    all recited in the same claim.<br>
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        Thanks in advance!<br>
    <br>
            Rich<br>
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</style><span class="c1"><strong>Richard Straussman</strong></span><span
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          </strong></span> </span><strong><span class="c4">Senior
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