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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte JAMES L. ASHTON, WILLIAM N. MADDOX, KARL D. McCORMICK II, ROBERT D. PORTER, DIVKARA K.R. UDUPA, and ROBERT T. UTHE Appeal No. 1997-0809 Application 08/033,5991 ON BRIEF Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Application for patent filed March 19, 1993, entitled1 "Management Of Packet Transmission Networks." - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007