Ex Parte STEWART - Page 1



               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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                

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