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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    ____________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    ____________                                      
                  Ex parte STEVEN JAY MUNROE, SCOTT ALAN PLAETZER                     
                              and JAMES WILLIAM STOPYRO                               
                                    ____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2001-1578                                  
                             Application No. 08/771,550                               
                                    ____________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before BARRETT, FLEMING, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent                
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   


               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-31, all the claims pending in the instant application.             
               The invention relates to computer operating systems which              
          support multiple simultaneous tasks.  See page 1 of Appellants'             
          specification.  As computers became more sophisticated, it became           
          common for computer systems to execute multiple tasks                       
          concurrently.  Operating systems designed for such computer                 
          systems were required to manage operations within the available             






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