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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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 STEPHEN R. SCHWARTZ
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Appeal No. 2006-0681
Application No. 09/072,412
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HEARD: MARCH 7, 2006
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Before JERRY SMITH, BARRY, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-5, 13-15, 28-32, and 36-41. Claims 6-12 and 16-27 have
been canceled. Claims 33-35 have been objected to as being
allowable if rewritten in independent form.
Invention
Appellant’s invention relates to a method for designing a
system (microphones, attachment mechanisms, and associated
preamplifiers, equalizers, and processors) to be used with solo
or group musical instruments, and the system as designed by the
method. A principal feature of the system is the use of one or
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