Paper No. 16
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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHANNES BIRZER
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Appeal No. 1997-3743
Application 08/419,166
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, KRASS and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.
THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 4 and 9. Since the examiner has
allowed claims 1 through 4 at page 2 of the answer, the only
claim
that remains on appeal is claim 9.
Claim 9 is reproduced below:
9. A system for communicating data between a peripheral
unit of a modular programmable controller having at least one
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