Ex Parte Garnett et al - Page 1




                                THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                      
                   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                   and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 PAUL J. GARNETT and PETER HEFFERNAN                                                   
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                                                     Appeal No. 2006-1998                                                         
                                                  Application No. 10/215,648                                                      
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                                                           ON BRIEF                                                               
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                   Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.                                              
                   KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                            

                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                             
                          This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-29, 31, and 32.                       
                   Claim 30 has been indicated by the examiner as being directed to allowable subject                             
                   matter and is not on appeal before us.                                                                         
                          The invention is directed to a modular computer system, best illustrated by                             
                   reference to representative independent claim 1, reproduced as follows:                                        
                          1. A carrier for a modular computer system, the carrier having a plurality of                           
                   receiving locations each configured removably to receive at least one information                              
                   processing module, wherein each receiving location is further configured to receive a                          






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