UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________________ Ex parte PAUL ASHMORE, MICHAEL HUW FRANCIS, AND SIMON WALSH ____________________ Appeal 2007-1352 Application 10/406,1271 Technology Center 2100 ____________________ Decided: October 17, 2007 ____________________ Before LEE E. BARRETT, ALLEN R. MACDONALD, and SCOTT R. BOALICK, Administrative Patent Judges. BOALICK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the final rejection of claims 1-16, all the claims pending in the application. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We affirm. 1 Application filed April 3, 2003. The real party in interest is International Business Machines Corporation.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
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