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          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 23              

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                     Ex parte JAMES B. NICHOLS and JOHN LYNCH                         
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                                Appeal No. 1998-0905                                  
                               Application 08/284,061                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO, and LALL, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1 through 15 and 17 through 42.  Claim 16 is canceled.               
               The invention relates to a data transmission system                    
          having a real-time data engine for processing isochronous                   
          streams of data.  An interface device provides a physical and               


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