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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DOUGLAS RODERICK CHISHOLM, and ANDREW BOYCE MCNEILL, JR. _____________ Appeal No. 1997-3239 Application 08/312,854 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before BARRETT, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3 through 6, all of the claims pending in the present application. Claim 2 has been canceled. The invention relates to a high performance serial cable bus having automatic acyclic configuration devices in a star configuration with dual controllers, and a switching device 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007