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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PETRI NYKANEN
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Appeal No. 2001-0161
Application No. 08/784,087
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, LEVY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 13 through 50. Claims 1 through 12 have been canceled.
The invention relates to a method and machine for
establishing communication between an infra-red transmitting
device and a host using transmission protocols. See pages 1-3 of
the specification. In particular, the invention involves a
method and means to adapt the MAC rules of the IrLAP
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