THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
(1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is
not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YASUHIRO HASHIMOTO, MASAHIRO SAKO,
HIROYUKI INENAKA and YUJI YAMASHITA
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Appeal No. 96-3238
Application No. 08/137,5901
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ON BRIEF
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Before URYNOWICZ, MARTIN, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent
Judges.
MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4,
all of appellants' pending claims, under 35 U.S.C. § 103. We
reverse.
The invention is a terminal device management system and
method for detecting a failed terminal among a plurality of
terminals (e.g., copying machines) that a remote management
apparatus expects to hear from via respective lines (e.g.,
1Application for patent filed October 15, 1993.
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