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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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
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                                                            Paper No. 15              

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                                                                     

                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     

                            Ex parte DAVID W. LaFOLLETTE                              
                                and JERROLD V. HAUCK                                  
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2002-1135                                  
                               Application 09/416,4971                                
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before BARRETT, LEVY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from             
          the final rejection of claims 1-3, 5-8, 16, and 17.  Claim 4 is             
          objected to.                                                                
               We reverse.                                                            

          1  Application for patent filed October 12, 1999, entitled                  
          "Early Arbitration on a Full Duplex Bus," which is a continuation           
          of Application 09/018,028, filed February 2, 1998, now U.S.                 
          Patent 6,038,234, issued March 14, 2000.                                    
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