Ex parte CHANG et al. - Page 1




               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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20          
                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                         
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                            BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                            
                                     AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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              Ex parte CHIH-WEI D. CHANG, JOEL F. BONEY, and JASPAL KOHLI                 
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                                   Appeal No. 1997-3273                                   
                                Application No. 08/397,910                                
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                                         ON BRIEF1                                        
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          Before KRASS, GROSS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                         
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                             



                                    DECISION ON APPEAL                                    
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                     
          rejection of claims 1, 2, and 4 through 6.  We note that                        
          appellants indicate on page 2 of the Brief that claim 3 has                     
          been cancelled, and we have treated it accordingly.                             
               Appellants' invention relates to a method and apparatus                    
          for prioritizing and handling memory errors.  The system                        


               1We observe that on August 1, 2000 (paper no. 18), appellants filed a      
          waiver of the oral hearing set for September 12, 2000.                          





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