The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 YEH-HUNG LAI, SURESH SUNDERRAJAN, THADDEUS S. GULA, WILLIAM A, MRUK, NARASIMHARAO DONTULA, GARY D. SMITH and YUANQIAO RAO ______________ Appeal 2006-2835 Application 10/033,496 Technology Center 1700 _______________ Decided: [date of mailing] _______________ Before GARRIS, WARREN, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges. WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL AND OPINION We have carefully considered the record in this appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134, and based on our review, find that we cannot sustain the grounds of rejection of appealed claims 2 through 8 and 18 through 21, all of the claims in the application, under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) (2002) as being anticipated by Dontula ‘976 and by Dontula ‘656 (Answer 3-6). - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007