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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MAKOTO MURATA
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Appeal No. 2000-1561
Application No. 08/768,922
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, RUGGIERO, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-11. Claims 1-3 have been allowed by the Examiner. An
amendment filed October 8, 1999, which amended claim 4 and
canceled claims 10 and 11, was approved for entry by the
Examiner. Accordingly, only the Examiner’s rejection of claims
4-9 is before us on appeal.
The claimed invention relates to network data communication
systems and, more particularly, to a packet transferring device
that functions as an interface between a data terminal and a
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