Ex Parte Spinks et al - Page 1



                       The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is                        
                                    not binding precedent of the Board.                                     

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                            
                                              ____________                                                  
                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                             
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
                                              ____________                                                  
                          Ex parte JOHN SPINKS, and GLENN M. STEPHENS                                       
                                              ____________                                                  
                                            Appeal  2007-1084                                               
                                          Application 09/764,543                                            
                                         Technology Center 2100                                             
                                              ____________                                                  
                                          Decided: July 24, 2007                                            
                                              ____________                                                  

               Before JAMES D. THOMAS, HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP,                                               
               and JAY P. LUCAS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                              
               THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                         


                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                      This appeal involves claims 1 through 27.  We have jurisdiction under                 
               35 U.S.C. §§ 6(b) and 134(a).                                                                
                      Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced below:                               
                      1.  An apparatus for physical detection and tracking of devices on a                  
               computer network, the apparatus comprising:                                                  





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