1 The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written 2 for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board 3 4 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 5 ____________________ 6 7 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS 8 AND INTERFERENCES 9 ____________________ 10 11 Ex parte GAIL L. GERSTMAR 12 ____________________ 13 14 Appeal 2007-0270 15 Application 10/434,712 16 Technology Center 3700 17 ____________________ 18 19 Decided: March 30, 2007 20 ____________________ 21 22 Before: TERRY J. OWENS, MURRIEL E. CRAWFORD, and 23 STUART S. LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. 24 25 LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge. 26 27 28 DECISION ON APPEAL 29 30 STATEMENT OF CASE 31 Appellant appeals under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2002) from a final rejection 32 of claims 1-5 and 7. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b) (2002). 33 Appellant invented a modular cervical support and redefinition 34 structure (Specification 1). 35 Claim 1 is representative of the invention and reads as follows: 36Page: 1 2 3 4 5 Next
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