Ex Parte Casazza - Page 1



                          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                               
                                     is not binding precedent of the Board                                         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 JAMES CASAZZA                                                   
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                                               Appeal 2006-2228                                                    
                                            Application 10/231,678                                                 
                                            Technology Center 2100                                                 
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                                          Decided:  September 6, 2007                                              
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                Before MICHAEL R. FLEMING, Chief Administrative Patent Judge,                                      
                GARY V. HARKCOM, Vice-Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and                                       
                LEE E. BARRETT, HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP, and                                                         
                ALLEN R. MacDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.1                                                 

                PER CURIAM                                                                                         
                                DECISION ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING                                                  

                                                                                                                  
                1 Originally heard by APJs Jerry Smith, Krass, and MacDonald.  APJs                                
                Barrett and Blankenship replace APJs Jerry Smith and Krass.  Legal support                         
                for substituting one Board member for another can be found in In re Bose                           
                Corp., 772 F.2d 866, 869, 227 USPQ 1, 4 (Fed. Cir. 1985).  Additionally,                           
                the panel was expanded to include Chief APJ Fleming and Vice-Chief APJ                             
                Harkcom.                                                                                           



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