The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte WARREN B. JACKSON, DAVID K. BIEGELSEN, TAD H. HOGG, CHEE WE NG, ANDREW A. BERLIN, KOENRAAD F. VAN SCHUYLENBERGH, and CARLOS MOCHON ____________ Appeal No. 2004-1981 Application No. 09/404,692 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before RUGGIERO, GROSS, and LEVY, 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 1-10, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND Appellants' invention relates to distributed control of non- linear coupled systems with a single output. An understanding ofPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007