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                    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               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                 
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                                                            Paper No. 15              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     

                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                                                                     

                              Ex parte DAVID J. FOSTER,                               
                                   ARMANDO GARCIA,                                    
                                and ROBERT B. PEARSON                                 
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 1997-3426                                  
                               Application 08/373,0521                                
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and FRAHM, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

            Application for patent filed January 17, 1995,1                                                                      
          entitled (as amended in Paper No. 6) "Methods For Performing                
          Diagnostic Functions In A Multiprocessor Data Processing                    
          System Having A Serial Diagnostic Bus," which is a division of              
          Application 07/733,767, filed July 22, 1991, now U.S. Patent                
          5,469,542, issued November 21, 1995.                                        
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