The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte BRETT B. STEWART Appeal No. 1999-2339 Application No. 08/598,098 HEARD: APRIL 16, 2002 Before KRASS, BARRY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-14, all of the claims in the application. The invention is directed to directional microphones. In particular, a plurality of microphones, each producing electrical signals representative of sound signals incident thereon are -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007