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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DAVID M. SIEFERT
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Appeal No. 1996-3670
Application No. 08/217,063
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
The examiner rejected claims 1-7. The appellant appeals
therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
The appellant’s invention detects updates to computer
software and automatically downloads updated software to a
computer. More specifically, remote computers have access to
servers, which store computer programs called "master programs."
The remote computers also store copies of the master programs.
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