Ex Parte DAUM et al - Page 1




                          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                                 for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DANIEL T. DAUM and GEORGE E. SCOTT, III                                                    
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                                            Appeal No. 2005-2184                                                                
                                          Application No. 09/457,728                                                            
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                                       
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            Before THOMAS, CRAWFORD, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                    
            CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                              



                                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                  This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 7                             
            and 9, which are all of the claims pending in this application.  Claims 10 to 22 has been                           
            canceled.  Claims 8 and 23 have been allowed.                                                                       
                  The appellants' invention relates to a hardware circuit which may tune to radio                               
            frequency broadcast and media streams over a digital network  (specification, pages 10)                             
            .  A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.                         


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