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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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 ANDREW M. SPENCER, TODD C. ADELMANN, and MARGO N. WHALE
Appeal No. 2006-2011
Application No. 09/996,720
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, KRASS, and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
rejection of claims 1-6, 8, 9, 12-14, 16-18, 20-27, and 30-33, which constitute all the
claims pending in this application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and apparatus for storing memory
card usage information on a memory card.
Representative claims 1 and 14 are reproduced as follows:
1 A method for storing memory card usage information on a memory card
comprising:
collecting information about usage of the memory card using a processor;
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