Ex Parte Boyle et al - Page 1







                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                           
                                              ____________                                                 
                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                            
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
                                              ____________                                                 
                                        Ex parte JOHN B. BOYLE,                                            
                                      ALEXANDER LOBOVSKY,                                                  
                                        JAMES A. MATRUNICH,                                                
                                         CAROLE G. SHEALY                                                  
                                        and BRUCE W. PORTUS                                                
                                              ____________                                                 
                                            Appeal 2007-3182                                               
                                         Application 10/683,058                                            
                                        Technology Center 1700                                             
                                             ____________                                                  
                                        Decided: October 31, 2007                                          
                                              ____________                                                 
               Before EDWARD C. KIMLIN, CHUNG K. PAK, and                                                  
               THOMAS A. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                              
               KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                        

                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                      This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 4, 6-8 and 12-22.               
               Claims 23-28 have been withdrawn from consideration.  Claim 12 is                           
               illustrative:                                                                               





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