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and is not binding precedent of the Board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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CRAIG A. NELSON, HARINARAYANA ARIMILLI,
and RICHARD D. JOHNSON
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Appeal No. 1999-0353
Application No. 08/368,291
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HEARD: December 4, 2000
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Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 6-9. The examiner
has withdrawn rejections against claims 1-5 and those claims have now been indicated as
allowable.
The invention is directed to a modem with a firmware upgrade feature. More
particularly, a remote source initiates and conducts software modifications relative to a
modem but the software is not overwritten until the entire change or upgrade code is
received without loss or error. This ensures that the upgrade in the modem will be made
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