Ex parte BARE - 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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                               Ex parte BALLARD C. BARE                                
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-1194                                  
                                Application 08/084,668                                 
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                                       ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before URYNOWICZ, FLEMING and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent                
          Judges.                                                                      
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                
          claims 1, 2, 4 through 10, 12 through 17, 19, and 20.  Claims                
          3, 11, and 18 have been canceled.                                            
               The claimed invention relates to a method and system for                
          routing data packets between local area networks using a                     

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