The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HECTOR TORRES, MARK W. MORGAN and JULIE HWANG ____________ Appeal No. 2006-1816 Application No. 10/386,146 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, SAADAT, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2, 5-8, 10 and 12-15. Claims 3, 4, 9, 11 and 16-18 have been indicated as allowable. We affirm-in-part. BACKGROUNDPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007