Ex Parte Ackerman 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                            for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                    
                                                 _______________                                                       
                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
                                                 _______________                                                       
                                         Ex parte JOHN F. ACKERMAN,                                                    
                                ANDREW J. SKOOG, MATTHEW B. BUCZEK,                                                    
                                            and JANE ANN MURPHY                                                        
                                                 ______________                                                        
                                                 Appeal 2006-2523                                                      
                                              Application 10/206,496                                                   
                                             Technology Center 1700                                                    
                                                 _______________                                                       
                                             Decided: January 30, 2007                                                 
                                                 _______________                                                       
                 Before CHARLES F. WARREN, THOMAS A. WALTZ, and                                                        
                 CATHERINE Q. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                      
                 WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                  

                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                        Applicants appeal to this Board from the decision of the Primary                               
                 Examiner finally rejecting claims 1 through 20, all of the claims in the                              
                 Application.  35 U.S.C. §§ 6 and 134(a) (2002); 37 C.F.R. § 41.31(a) (2005).                          
                        We affirm the decision of the Primary Examiner.                                                



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