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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JEREMY R. BERNARD,
JOHN L. CAGNEY and JAMES A. MORLEY
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Appeal 2006-3393
Application 10/270,862
Technology Center 3700
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Decided: May 18, 2007
Before TERRY J. OWENS, ROBERT E. NAPPI, and
ANTON W. FETTING
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
ORDER REMANDING TO THE EXAMINER
The Appellants appeal from a rejection of claims 1-9 and 11-18.
Claims 10 and 19 stand objected to as dependent from a rejected base claim
but allowable if rewritten in independent form, and claim 20 stands
allowable. The claims stand rejected as follows: claims 1-6, 8, 9, 11-15, 17
and 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Allport (US 6,062,104),
and claims 7 and 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Allport alone or
in view of either Colford (US 5,695,176) or Sisco (US 5,231,893).
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