The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARK W. BROCKMAN, HERVE OHMER and DAVID L. MALONE __________ Appeal No. 2006-1500 Application No. 10/701,325 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, CRAWFORD and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1-21 and 25. Claims 22-24 stand objected to by the examiner.1 Claims 26 and 27 have been allowed. THE INVENTION The appellants claim an apparatus and method wherein inductive couplers are used in communication between main bore 1 The objection is a petitionable matter, not an appealable matter and, therefore, is not before us.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007