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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                      Ex parte BRIAN GALLAGHER, WAYNE W. DUSO,                        
                             and WILLIAM J. LEARY, JR.                                
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                                Appeal No. 2001-0164                                  
                             Application No. 08/885,379                               
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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 1-9.                                                                 
               The invention relates to a method for booting operating                
          system software into a main memory of a central processing unit             
          (CPU).  The method includes executing a program (401) to                    
          sequentially search possible sources of the operating system                







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