The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARCEY L. KELLEY, LAURI A. DOBBS, TONY BARTOLETTI, and SCOTT D. ELKO ____________ Appeal No. 2006-1707 Application No. 09/964,0291 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, SAADAT, and HOMERE, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the Examiner’s final rejection of claim 6. Claims 1-5 and 7-17 have been canceled. We affirm. BACKGROUND Appellants’ invention is directed to a computer-implemented system for secure patch software distribution of software from 1 Application for patent filed September 26, 2001, which claims the filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of the Provisional Application No. 60/236,413, filed September 28, 2000.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007