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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DONALD H. ST. PIERRE JR. and EDWIN W. RESLER
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Appeal No. 2000-0671
Application No. 08/909,507
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-15, all of the
pending claims.
The invention is directed to an interface board for receiving modular interface
cards and finds utility in the field of boundary scan interfaces in accordance with the
IEEE 1149.1 standard developed by the Joint Test Action Group (JTAG).
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
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