The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MARK WAYNE SEES, WILL RUSS, LEE D. BENGSTON,
and CLINTON A. WAGNER
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Appeal No. 1998-1473
Application No. 08/493,741
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the rejection of claims 1-42. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue in this appeal relates to
restoring a telecommunications network in response to a fault
therein. A self-healing network, distributed restoration
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