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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RUEY KAO
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Appeal No. 1999-2295
Application No. 08/418,797
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HEARD: June 13, 2001
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Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent
Judges
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-6, 9-14, and 17-22, which are the only claims remaining
in the application.
The claimed invention relates to a service module having a
buffer queue which includes a plurality of buffers linked
together using next pointers. Coupled to the buffer queue are a
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