IN RE SUTTON

No. 2012-1255, Serial No. 12/190,101.

IN RE STEVEN SUTTON AND STEPHEN THORP

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: November 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ANTON J. HOPEN , Smith & Hopen, P.A., of Oldsmar, Florida, for appellants.

RAYMOND T. CHEN , Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia, for Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. With him on the brief were JAMIE L. SIMPSON and NATHAN K. KELLEY , Associate Solicitors.

Before PROST, MOORE, and O'MALLEY, Circuit Judges


This disposition is nonprecedential.

PER CURIAM.

Steven Sutton and Stephen Thorp (collectively "Sutton") appeal from the decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ("Board") affirming the rejection of claims 7-9, 14, 19, and 30 of U.S. Patent Application No. 12/190,101 ("the '101 application") as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). Because the Board's conclusion is supported by substantial evidence and not legally erroneous, we affirm...

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