The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JAMES B. NICHOLS and JOHN LYNCH __________ Appeal No. 1998-0905 Application 08/284,061 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 15 and 17 through 42. Claim 16 is canceled. The invention relates to a data transmission system having a real-time data engine for processing isochronous streams of data. An interface device provides a physical and 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007