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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JAY B. RICKARD
and
FARID YAZDY
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Appeal No. 1999-2258
Application No. 08/431,720
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, BARRY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent
Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims
1 through 14.
The disclosed invention relates to a hardware graphics
accelerator used in a computer system that has a memory
subsystem that comprises main memory and video memory. The
hardware graphics accelerator includes a datapath circuit that
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