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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TREVOR E. WILLIS and ADRIAN M. SUGGETT
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Appeal No. 1998-2226
Application No. 08/454,268
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, FLEMING and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.
LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 1-4 and 6-8. Claim 5 has been
canceled.
The invention is directed to an interface apparatus for
connection between a data handling device such as a computer
and a data communication medium, such as a network, to enable
data to be transferred between the device and the medium. The
interface apparatus includes a data alignment device and a
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