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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SAKAE ITOH, TATSUYA SAKAI, MASAYUKI MURAKAMI
and TSUTOMU NUMATA
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Appeal No. 2003-0965
Application No. 09/030,829
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-10.
Invention
Appellants' invention relates to control of the input/output
operation between a microcomputer unit (MCU) and a hard disc
controller (HDC). The MCU and HDC are synchronized with a clock.
(Appellants' specification, page 25, lines 20-25). In the case
of an output operation, the MCU sends a data read request signal
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