The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SCOTT A. CLUFF AND RAYMOND W. THORN
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Appeal No. 2006-0570
Application No. 09/706,960
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-11, 14, 20, 28, and
30-33.
The invention is directed to a method and system of recovering a system that has
experienced a fault. A backup device is included for enabling access to a network through
an interface in response to the fault. A main operational portion controls operation of the
system under normal conditions, but if a fault occurs, the backup device can be selected to
take over control of the system so that data can be retrieved from a backup storage to
recover the system. The backup device includes software and/or hardware components to
enable the system to access the network even though the main operational portion may
not be functioning properly.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A system comprising:
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