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is not binding precedent of the Board.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 L. DAVID WILLIAMS,
MICHAEL S. HERSHFIELD, SUSAN J. KELLY,
MARK G. P. SAIFER, and MERRY R. SHERMAN
____________
Appeal 2007-1159
Application 09/839,946
Technology Center 1600
____________
Decided: July 18, 2007
____________
Before ERIC GRIMES, LORA M. GREEN, and NANCY J. LINCK,
Administrative Patent Judges.
GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
Examiner’s Final Rejection of claims 50-53.1 We have jurisdiction under 35
1 Claims 54-59 are also pending, and have been rejected for obviousness-
type double-patenting over claims 1-30 of U.S. Patent No. 6,783,965, but
that rejection has not been appealed (Br. 5).
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next
Last modified: September 9, 2013