The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 31
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHAEL D. MANCUSI, JOSEPH E. MASSERY, ROGER F.
OSMOND and MICHAEL J. FITZGERALD
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Appeal No. 1997-0265
Application No. 08/294,882
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH and LEVY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-5, 7-14 and 16.
Claims 6 and 15 have been indicated to contain allowable
subject matter. An amendment after final rejection was filed
on April 24, 1996 and was entered by the examiner.
The disclosed invention pertains to a wiring hub for
interconnecting a plurality of network devices to form a local
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