The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 40 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte PETER A. FRANASZEK, CHRISTOS J. GEORGIOU, ROBERT F. LUSCH, JOSEPH M. MOSLEY, and HOWARD OLNOWICH _____________ Appeal No. 1997-3211 Application No. 08/457,789 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 34-44. Claims 1-33 have been canceled. The disclosed invention relates to a switching network which permits the interconnection of multiple processors or 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007