The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOCHEN KAPPEL, JOSEF MARKGRAF, and MICHAEL MEADOWS ____________ Appeal 2007-0226 Application 09/823,8661 Technology Center 2100 ____________ Decided: June 27, 2007 ____________ Before JAMES D. THOMAS, LEE E. BARRETT, and JAY P. LUCAS, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the final rejection of claims 1-22. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We affirm-in-part. 1 Application for patent filed March 31, 2001, entitled "Object to Object Communication System and Method," now U.S. Pub. 2002/0052979 A1, published May 2, 2002.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next
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