Ex Parte Maxfield - 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                            for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                    
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
                                                   ____________                                                        
                                          Ex parte JOHN D. MAXFIELD                                                    
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                                                 Appeal 2007-1062                                                      
                                              Application 10/034,438                                                   
                                             Technology Center 2100                                                    
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                                              Decided: June 18, 2007                                                   
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                 Before KENNETH W. HAIRSTON, JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO, and                                                   
                 MAHSHID D. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                      
                 HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                


                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                                          STATEMENT OF THE CASE                                                        
                        Appellant appeals under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from a Final Rejection of                              
                 claims 18 to 42.  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).                                        
                        Appellant has invented a database free space management method and                             
                 device wherein free space within first and second sets of rows of a file object                       
                 is non-uniformly distributed by distributing free space differently for a first                       




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