The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte SHIMON MULLER _____________ Appeal No. 1998-2709 Application No. 08/451,796 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 5-14 and 19-27. Claims 1-4 and 15-18 have been indicated by the examiner to contain allowable subject matter. The disclosed invention pertains to a random number generator for use in a condition reduction protocol on a 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007