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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ANDREW MACCORMACK
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Appeal No. 2003-0031
Application No. 09/240,176
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ON BRIEF
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Before RUGGIERO, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-15, which are all of the claims pending in the present
application.
The disclosed invention relates to a method and system for
controlling access to a memory in devices such as the receiver of
a digital set-top box for television systems. An incoming
multiplexed data stream is demultiplexed, sorted according to
processing requirements, and stored in a plurality of circular
buffers based on the sort. Each output channel of the system
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