Ex Parte Murphy et al - Page 1



                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                         for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board                       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                                         
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                            BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                           
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                
                                        ____________________                                             
                        Ex parte BRENDAN MURPHY, STEVEN W. COLLIER,                                      
                            ERNEST QUAN and BARBARA A. JOHNSON                                           
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                                           Appeal 2007-1378                                              
                                         Application 10/327,459                                          
                                        Technology Center 1600                                           
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                                         Oral Argument:  None                                            
                                         Decided:  01 May 2007                                           
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               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.                            




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