1 The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written 2 for publication in and is not binding precedent of the Board. 3 4 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 5 ___________ 6 7 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS 8 AND INTERFERENCES 9 ___________ 10 11 Ex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 BRIAN J. BROWN, STEVEN L. WEBB, JERLYN R. CULP, 12 MIKE A. FARRELL, and KIMBERLY A. BITNER 13 ___________ 14 15 Appeal 2007-0728 16 Application 09/954,796 17 Technology Center 2100 18 ___________ 19 20 Decided: April 23, 2007 21 ___________ 22 23 Before STUART S. LEVY, LINDA E. HORNER, and ANTON W. FETTING, 24 Administrative Patent Judges. 25 FETTING, Administrative Patent Judge. 26 DECISION ON APPEAL 27 28 29 STATEMENT OF CASE 30 This appeal from the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-44, the only claims 31 pending in this application, arises under 35 U.S.C. § 134. We have jurisdiction 32 over the appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6. 33 We AFFIRM and ENTER A NEW GROUND OF REJECTION UNDER 34 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
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