Ex parte CHISHOLM 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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                         Ex parte DOUGLAS RODERICK CHISHOLM,                          
                            and ANDREW BOYCE MCNEILL, JR.                             
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1997-3239                                  
                               Application 08/312,854                                 
                                   ______________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    
          Before BARRETT, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                                                                     
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1 and 3 through 6, all of the claims pending in the                  
          present application.  Claim 2 has been canceled.                            
               The invention relates to a high performance serial cable               
          bus having automatic acyclic configuration devices in a star                
          configuration with dual controllers, and a switching device                 

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