The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. _______________ UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte DONALD C.D. CHANG, WILLIAM W. MAYFIELD, JOHN I. NOVAK, III, and FRANK A. TAORMINA Appeal No. 2006-0406 Application 09/497,8651 ON BRIEF Before KRASS, BARRETT, and MacDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the final rejection of claims 1-5 and 7-37. We affirm and enter a new ground of rejection. 1 Application for patent filed February 4, 2000, entitled "An Improved Phased Array Terminal For Equatorial Satellite Constellations." - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007