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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ALAIN CARBILLET
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Appeal No.1998-3411
Application No.08/548,113
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ON BRIEF
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Before URYNOWICZ, KRASS, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent
Judges.
URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 8-17,
all the claims pending in the application.
The invention pertains to an information processing system.
Claim 8 is illustrative and reads as follows:
8. An information processing system comprising a plurality
of modules and an inter-module bus, each respective one of the
modules including a respective processor and a respective local
bus, the respective local bus serving one or more respective
peripherals, the inter-module bus serving as a temporary link
between at least two of the modules, the inter-module bus being
connected to each respective one of the modules via at least a
respective two-way buffer stage, the system including circuitry
for enabling the processor of any of the modules to become
temporarily a master of the local bus of any other of the modules,
so as to have direct access to the peripherals of the other of the
modules, and for disconnecting the processor of the other module
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