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                               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                   
                                    today is not binding precedent of the Board.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 NOAM KEDEM                                                     
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                                                  Appeal 2007-2450                                                    
                                               Application 10/634,871                                                 
                                              Technology Center 2800                                                  
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                                             Decided: September 5, 2007                                               
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                 Before ANITA PELLMAN GROSS, HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP,                                                   
                 and SCOTT R. BOALICK, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                  
                 GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                  


                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      
                                           STATEMENT OF THE CASE                                                      
                        Kedem (Appellant) appeals under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                                      
                 Examiner's Final Rejection of claims 3, 4, 8 through 10, 13, 16, and 18                              
                 through 22, which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                 
                        Appellant's invention relates to a connector for connecting peripheral                        
                 devices to host devices, wherein the connector has opposite-facing ports.                            
                 Claim 13 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:                          




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