The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RAM H. PAUL, DANIEL J. SIROTA, and PAUL D. AMARANT __________ Appeal No. 2006-2037 Application No. 10/414,939 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before ADAMS, MILLS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges. ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-4, 6-11, 15-18, and 20-24. The examiner objected to claims 12, 13, and 14, the only remaining pending claims, “as being dependent upon a rejected base claim,” however, the examiner has indicated that these claims would be “allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.” Brief, page 2.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
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