Ex parte GIORGIO et al. - Page 1




                                    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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                     Ex parte PAUL J. GIORGIO and STEPHEN J. AMURO                                                                      
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                                             Appeal No. 97-2982                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/219,5541                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and BARRY, Administrative Patent                                                                         
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    


                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                                                                        
                 from the final rejection of claims 1 through 5.  The                                                                                   
                 appellants filed an amendment after final rejection on April                                                                           
                 25, 1996, which was entered.  We reverse.                                                                                              



                          1The application, entitled “Method of Retrieving and                                                                          
                 Storing Computer Peripheral Data,” was filed March 29, 1994.                                                                           





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