The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CHARLES A. LESBURG, MICHAEL CABLE, ZHI HONG, ANTHONY F. MANNARINO, and PATRICIA C. WEBER __________ Appeal 2007-1164 Application 10/170,131 Technology Center 1600 __________ Decided: May 31, 2007 __________ Before TONI R. SCHEINER , ERIC GRIMES, and RICHARD M. LEBOVITZ , Administrative Patent Judges. GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to a computer comprising specific data. The Examiner has rejected the claims as obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). Because we agree with the Examiner that the patentability of a computer does not depend on the data stored in it, we affirm.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next
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