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                             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                                       publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24                                                                                             
                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                               
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                 
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                      
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                                       Ex parte DEAN YU and CHRIS DEROSSI                                              
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                                                 Appeal No. 1999-0080                                                  
                                              Application No. 08/558,929                                               
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                        
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              Before DIXON, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                             
              DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                     

                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 2-6,  11-17            
              and 21-27, which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                      
                     We REVERSE.                                                                                       
                                                   BACKGROUND                                                          

                     The appellants’ invention relates to a method and apparatus for enabling a                        
              computer system.  The invention uses enabler files/programs to adapt the operating                       











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