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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HUGH E. MCLOONE and JAMES H. CAUTHORN
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Appeal No. 2004-1307
Application No. 09/843,724
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, OWENS, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1, 3, 6,
7, 13-15, 17-22 and 24-30. As of the final rejection claims 2,
4, 5, 8-12, 16 and 23 were canceled, and after the final
rejection claims 22 and 24-26 were canceled. Thus, the claims
before us are claims 1, 3, 6, 7, 13-15, 17-21 and 27-30.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a keyboard which, the appellants state,
is for entering data into text and office systems such as
computers (specification, page 1, lines 14-15). Claims 1, 7,
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