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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ARNE FRIEDRICHS, GERD DRAEGER
and VOLKER SKWAREK
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Appeal No. 2006-0835
Application No. 10/320,024
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, LEVY and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1-6 and 8-15. Claim 7 has been
allowed.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a method for making route data available to a navigational
device, wherein route segments transmitted to the navigational device contain a starting
field including a plurality of possible routes. Claim 1 is illustrative:
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