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                    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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                   _______________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                   _______________                                     
                              Ex parte LEONARD W. KOSER,                               
                           MARY C. MANGES, FRANCES M. RING,                            
                        CYNTHIA A. ROGERS, MICHAEL J. SNYDER,                          
                                 and, JOHN J. VRIEZEN                                  
                                   _______________                                     
                                  Appeal No. 95-3535                                   
                               Application  08/095,0331                                
                                   _______________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                     
          Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent             
          Judges.                                                                      
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          
                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                
          claims 32 through 42, the only claims pending in the application.            
               The invention is directed to a computer system having a                 
          downward compatibility function.  More specifically, a unit of               
          data from an upper level release computer is allowed to operate              


                                                                                      
          1   Application for patent filed July 20, 1993.  According to                
          appellants this application is a continuation of Application                 
          07/401,210, filed August 31, 1989, now abandoned.                            





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