The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 45 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BRYAN M. WILLMAN, DAN A. HINSLEY, JOHN D. VERT, DAVID O. HOVEL and RITA M.C. WONG __________ Appeal No. 2000-1260 Application 08/518,852 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FLEMING, LALL, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 23 through 29 and 34 through 40, all the claims pending in the application. Claims 1 through 22 and 30 through 33 have been cancelled. The invention relates to a method and system for booting a computer. Specifically, the method and system provide for booting a computer system even after some configuration data has 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007