Ex Parte BROWNING 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                          for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                             
                                             _______________                                                  
                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                               
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                    
                                             _______________                                                  
                                      Ex parte DAN D. BROWNING,                                               
                                ETHAN D. JOFFE, and JARON Z. LANIER                                           
                                             _______________                                                  
                                             Appeal 2007-0700                                                 
                                          Application 09/159,5091                                             
                                              Patent 5,559,995                                                
                                          Technology Center 2100                                              
                                             _______________                                                  
                                           Decided: June 20, 2007                                             
                                             _______________                                                  
                Before FRED E. MCKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and                              
                HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP and ALLEN R. MACDONALD,                                                 
                Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                 
                MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                       
                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                                   
                AFFIRMED-IN-PART                                                                              
                                                                                                              
                1 Application filed September 23, 1998, seeking to reissue U.S. Patent                        
                5,559,995 issued September 24, 1996, based on Application 07/939,834,                         
                filed September 2, 1992, as a continuation of Application 07/621,474, filed                   
                November 30, 1990, now abandoned.  The real party in interest is Sun                          
                Microsystems, Inc. (Br. 2).                                                                   



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