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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         (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19          

                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                            Ex parte BRIAN K. HERBERT                              
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                                Appeal No. 95-4815                                 
                             Application  08/065,3871                              
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                                     ON BRIEF                                      
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         Before THOMAS, KRASS, and TORCZON, Administrative Patent                  
         Judges.                                                                   
         KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of             
         claims 1 through 9, all of the claims pending in the                      
         application.                                                              
              The invention pertains to step addressing in a video RAM.            
         More particularly, data words intended for consecutive address            
         locations are intercepted and distributed into video RAM at               
         evenly spaced, non-consecutive addresses so that when a                   
                                                                                   
         1    Application for patent filed May 20, 1993.                           





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