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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HIDEKI YAMANAKA
and SEIJI HINATA
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Appeal No. 1999-2256
Application No. 08/686,477
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HEARD: October 16, 2001
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Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
The examiner rejected the appellants’ claims 1-6 and 9-
24. They appeal therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We
reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue in this appeal relates to a “watch
dog timer” for a microprocessor-based system. A watch dog
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