Ex Parte Hammerstad - Page 1




       1    The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding
       2                    precedent of the Board.                       
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       4        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                 
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       6                                                                  
       7            BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                    
       8                    AND INTERFERENCES                             
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       10                                                                 
       11               Ex parte DIANE R. HAMMERSTAD                      
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       13                                                                 
       14                     Appeal 2007-2241                            
       15                   Application 09/768,990                        
       16                   Technology Center 3600                        
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       18                                                                 
       19                   Decided: August 15, 2007                      
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       21                                                                 
       22 Before, WILLIAM F. PATE, III, HUBERT C. LORIN, and              
       23 LINDA E. HORNER, Administrative Patent Judges.                  
       24                                                                 
       25 LORIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                             
       26                                                                 
       27           ORDER REMANDING TO THE EXAMINER                       
       28                                                                 
       29      This appeal is from a decision of the Examiner rejecting claims 1-6
       30 and 9-131 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) (2002) as obvious over Alberts (US
       31 Patent No. 5,937,392) in view of Tso (US Patent No. 6,047,327) in view of
       32 Batachia (US Patent Application Publication 2002/0082912).  35 U.S.C.
       33 § 134 (2002).  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b) (2002).



                                                                         
          1 Claims 7, 8, 14-16 have been canceled.                        




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