Ex Parte Brockman et al - Page 1



         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         written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARK W. BROCKMAN, HERVE OHMER and DAVID L. MALONE             
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                                Appeal No. 2006-1500                                
                             Application No. 10/701,325                             
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                                      ON BRIEF                                      
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         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.                                   




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