THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law
journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ROBERT MACOMBER
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Appeal No. 96-1919
Application 08/097,4381
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ON BRIEF
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Before URYNOWICZ, BARRETT and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges.
URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1, 4-8 and 15. The invention pertains to a
circuit that generates an interrupt signal when events are detected and that allows a host device to
process all of the detected events without delay. Claims 1 and 4 are illustrative and read as follows:
1Application for patent filed July 26, 1993.
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