The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CECIL EARL WILLIAMS, JR. _______________ Appeal No. 2006-1026 Application No. 09/682,279 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 5-8. An amendment filed concurrently with the appeal brief has cancelled claim 7. Accordingly, this appeal now involves claims 5, 6 and 8. The disclosed invention pertains to an illuminating device for a Universal Serial Bus (USB).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007