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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte YASUHIRO HASHIMOTO, MASAHIRO SAKO, HIROYUKI INENAKA and YUJI YAMASHITA ____________ Appeal No. 96-3238 Application No. 08/137,5901 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ 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.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007