The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte Yun Ling and Daniel T. Tong
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Appeal No. 2006-0542
Application No. 10/054,083
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ON BRIEF1
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Before JERRY SMITH, BARRY, and MacDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
A patent examiner rejected claims 1, 3-11, and 13-19. The appellants appeal
therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal concerns card-edge connectors. Card-edge
connectors are included on many printed circuit boards used in computers to
accommodate add-on system components, e.g., modems, Ethernet cards, memory
repositories, wireless modems. (Spec., ¶¶ 1-2.)
1An oral hearing was waived.
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