Ex parte GLAISE et al. - 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                                  and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13                     
                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                          
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                            
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
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                             Ex parte RENE J. GLAISE, FRANCOIS KERMAREC,                                      
                           ERIC LALLEMAND, TAN PHAM, HANS R. SCHINDLER,                                       
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                                            Appeal No. 2000-0372                                              
                                         Application No. 08/421,338                                           
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                     
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            Before KRASS, BARRETT and RUGGIERO,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                
            KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                               

                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 


                   This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4 and 6-10.  The         
            examiner withdrew the rejection of claim 5.                                                       
                   The invention is directed to a swapping function.  More particularly, the invention is     
            used in communication systems wherein input values are headers of data streams                    




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