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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GARY TAPPERSON and THOMAS ANDREW BOYD
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Appeal No. 1999-1456
Application No. 08/864,750
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, LALL and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 2 through 12 and 14. Claims 13 and 15 have been
objected to. Claim 1 has been canceled.
The invention relates to a distributed control system for
controlling material flow within an industrial process. In
particular, the invention relates to accessing field devices
in a distributed control system and providing redundant
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