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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YUKIO FUZISAWA,
TAKEHIRO FURUKAWA, and TAKASHI YAMASAKI
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Appeal No. 1998-3326
Application No. 08/498,819
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ON BRIEF
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Before BARRETT, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the rejection of claims 1 and 3-10. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to “arbitration” and
“arbitration judgement.” Arbitration is the process of
acquiring the right to transmit data via a data bus;
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