The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte BRIAN GALLAGHER, WAYNE W. DUSO, and WILLIAM J. LEARY, JR. ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0164 Application No. 08/885,379 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-9. The invention relates to a method for booting operating system software into a main memory of a central processing unit (CPU). The method includes executing a program (401) to sequentially search possible sources of the operating systemPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007