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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THOMAS M. SIEP and RONALD E. STAFFORD
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Appeal No. 2000-1690
Application No. 08/697,8081
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ON BRIEF
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Before BARRETT, KRASS and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-18, which are all of the claims pending in
the present application.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention is directed to a network of processing
devices that communicate between one another based on the
presence of a master processing device. The processing devices
1 Application for patent filed August 30, 1996.
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