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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte DAVID J. FOSTER, ARMANDO GARCIA, and ROBERT B. PEARSON Appeal No. 1997-3426 Application 08/373,0521 ON BRIEF Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Application for patent filed January 17, 1995,1 entitled (as amended in Paper No. 6) "Methods For Performing Diagnostic Functions In A Multiprocessor Data Processing System Having A Serial Diagnostic Bus," which is a division of Application 07/733,767, filed July 22, 1991, now U.S. Patent 5,469,542, issued November 21, 1995. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007