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was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of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 Keith Stinson, David W. Bickford and
Timothy J. Mallos
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Appeal No. 2006-1429
Application No. 10/473,995
Technology Center 3600
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ON BRIEF
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Before LEVY, NAPPI and FETTNG Administrative Patent Judges.
NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. §134(a) of the final rejection of
claims 1 through 21, which constitute all the claims in the application. For the reasons
stated infra we affirm in part the examiner’s rejection of these claims.
Invention
The invention relates to a system and method for presenting custom labeled
surface material samples over a computer network. See pages 1 and 2 of appellants’
specification. Claim 1 is representative of the invention and reproduced below:
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