The opinion in support of the decision being entered today 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not binding precedent of the Board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
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Ex parte STEPHEN F. SICHI, ELIZABETH J. KLEIN-LEBBINK,
and LISA KUO
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Appeal 2007-1362
Application 09/972,107
Technology Center 2600
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Decided: September 26, 2007
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Before JOHN C. MARTIN, MAHSHID D. SAADAT,
and ROBERT E. NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellants appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the Examiner’s
rejection of claims 1-3, 5-15, and 17-26, which are all of the claims pending
in this application as claims 4 and 16 have been canceled. We have
jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
Appellants’ invention relates to a switching method and apparatus
used in satellite transponder applications (Specification 3). According to
Appellants, typical switching networks, as depicted in Figure 2, require the
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