Ex Parte Pitman et al - Page 1



                          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today               
                                  is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MICHAEL C. PITMAN, BLAKE G. FITCH,                                
                             HANS W. HORN, WOLFGANG HUBER,                                         
                             JULIA E. RICE, and WILLIAM C. SWOPE                                   
                                          ____________                                             
                                         Appeal 2007-0537                                          
                                      Application 10/102,902                                       
                                     Technology Center 1600                                        
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                                      Decided: July 23, 2007                                       
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              Before DONALD E. ADAMS, ERIC GRIMES, and NANCY J. LINCK,                             
              Administrative Patent Judges.                                                        
              LINCK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                  

                                     DECISION ON APPEAL                                            
                    This is a 35 U.S.C. § 134 appeal in the above-referenced case.1                
              We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).  We affirm.                             


                                                                                                  
              1 The application was filed March 22, 2002.  The real party in interest is the       
              assignee, International Business Machines Corporation.                               



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