The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 39 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SURESH GOYAL, PRATOD V. KASBEKAR, DHIRENDRA M. PATEL, and SANJAY S. UPASANI __________ Appeal No. 2004-1110 Application No. 08/866,754 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before GARRIS, WARREN, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 52-58. These are all of the claims remaining in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a portable device having a clamshell housing made of two halves which comprises a single fastener (e.g., see screw 107 in Figure 1 of the application drawing) and a plurality of engaging elements (e.g., 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007