The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DAVID F. TOBIAS, RICHARD G. RUSSELL and MARK T. ELLIS __________ Appeal No. 2004-1716 Application 10/106,631 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 2-9, which are all of the claims pending in the application. THE INVENTION The appellants claim a microcontroller having a means for defining a scan path comprising a peripheral device’s 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007