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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVID A. HUGHES and ALAN SALDINGER
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Appeal No. 2001-1911
Application No. 08/825,492
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HEARD: August 14, 2002
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Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent
Judges.
THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 through 3, 5 through 8, 14 through
16, 18 through 22 and 24 through 26.
Representative claims 1 and 21 are reproduced below:
1. A method for merging partially filled ATM cells,
comprising the steps of:
removing a first partially filled ATM cell from an
ATM cell stream;
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