The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________________ Ex parte BRENDAN MURPHY, STEVEN W. COLLIER, ERNEST QUAN and BARBARA A. JOHNSON ____________________ Appeal 2007-1378 Application 10/327,459 Technology Center 1600 ____________________ Oral Argument: None Decided: 01 May 2007 ____________________ Before: FRED E. McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and ROMULO H. DELMENDO and SALLY GARDNER LANE, Administrative Patent Judges. McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1 A. Statement of the case 2 This ex parte appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) is from rejections of 3 claims 1, 5, 7-9, 11-14, 16-23, 25-27, 29, 31, 33-37, 39-45, 48-51, 56-58, 4 60-62, 64-82 (hereafter “claims on appeal”). 5 We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). 6 The application on appeal was filed on 20 December 2002.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
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