Ex Parte Lewis et al - Page 1




                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                            
                                               __________                                                  
                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                              
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
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                                                 Ex parte                                                  
                             KENRICK M. LEWIS, REGINA NELSON ENG                                           
                          SABRINA R. CROMER, ABELLARD T. MEREIGH,                                          
                                        and CHI-LIN O’YOUNG                                                
                                               __________                                                  
                                            Appeal 2007-1639                                               
                                         Application 09/974,092                                            
                                        Technology Center 1600                                             
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                                        Decided: October 15, 2007                                          
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               Before TONI R. SCHEINER, DEMETRA J. MILLS, and LORA M. GREEN,                               
               Administrative Patent Judges.                                                               
               SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                      


                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                      This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of                  
               claims 1-5 and 27.1  The Examiner has rejected the claims as unpatentable                   
               over the prior art.  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).                           

                                                                                                          
               1  Claims 9-26 are also pending, but have been withdrawn from                               
               consideration.  Claims 6-8 have been canceled.                                              



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