The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JAMES PETER WARD and KERRY MALETSKY ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1695 Application No. 08/971,386 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before BARRY, LEVY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 and 2, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND Appellants' invention relates to a method and apparatus for deploying and tracking computers. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007