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precedent of the Board. Paper
No.21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVID W. GORDON
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Appeal No. 1999-0151
Application No. 08/579,552
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ON BRIEF
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Before URYNOWICZ, JERRY SMITH, and BARRETT,
Administrative Patent Judges.
URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims
15-26 and 28-80, all of the claims pending in the
application.
The invention pertains to a fault-tolerant storage
device. Claims 15, 37 and 67 are illustrative and read as
follows:
15. A fault tolerant storage subsystem comprising:
a first tier of failure independent data storage
units coupled to a storage controller; and
a second tier of at least one failure independent
data storage units coupled to at least one of said
failure independent data storage units in said first tier
for providing further fault tolerance thereto.
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