Ex Parte Perla 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                              for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JESSE PERLA, DALE BAIK and KARTIK SHAH                          
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                                        Appeal No. 2006-2106                                       
                                       Application No. 09/837,6321                                 
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                                              ON BRIEF                                             
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           Before HAIRSTON, BARRY, and SAADAT , 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 1, which is the only claims pending in this application.             
                 We affirm.                                                                        


                                                                                                  
                 1                                                                                 
                 1  Application for patent filed April 19, 2001, which claims the foreign          
           filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of the Canadian Applications No.          
           CANADA 2,297,596, CANADA 2,297,597 and CANADA 2,297,711, all filed January 31,          
           2000.  Additionally, According to Appellants, this Application is a                     
           continuation of PCT Application No. PCT/CA01/00149, filed January 31, 2001,             
           and a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/471,135, filed December 23,            
           1999, now abandoned.                                                                    





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