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not binding precedent of the Board.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 PATRICK H. HAYES,
JAMES N. CONWAY, JR., ROBERT P. LILLENESS,
AND PAUL D. ARLING
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Appeal No. 2007-0421
Application No. 10/151,635
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, KRASS, and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 20-34 and 36. Claims 35
and 37-39 have been indicated by the examiner in the answer as being directed to allowable
subject matter and are no longer on appeal before us.
The invention is directed to universal remote controllers. In particular, the inventive
method involves using identity data regarding a particular appliance to be controlled, wherein
that identity data is uploaded from the controlling device to an internet server to retrieve from an
internet database control codes to which the identified appliance is adapted to respond.
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