Ex parte RICE - 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                                  publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 STEVEN E. RICE                                                                
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                                                   Appeal No. 1998-0368                                                                 
                                               Application No. 08/632,183                                                               
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                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                   
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                Before BARRETT, RUGGIERO and LALL, Administrative Patent                                                                
                Judges.                                                                                                                 
                LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                      


                                                     DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                 
                        This is an appeal from the final rejection  of claims of 1         1                                            
                to 3, which constitute all the claims in the application.                                                               
                        The disclosed invention is related to an inter-processor                                                        
                data transfer management system for increasing overall                                                                  
                throughput for both processors.  The invention provides an                                                              
                interface circuit between the requesting processor bus and the                                                          


                        An amendment after the final rejection was filed as1                                                                                                              
                paper no. 15 and was approved for entry by the Examiner [paper                                                          
                no. 16].                                                                                                                





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