Ex Parte YUZAWA et al - Page 1



               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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                    ____________                                      
                     Ex parte SHIGERU YUZAWA and SATOSHI KARUBE                       
                                    ____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 1999-0260                                  
                             Application No. 08/571,064                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FLEMING, GROSS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-18, all of the claims pending in the present                       
          application.                                                                
               The invention relates generally to an electrical overload              
          protection mechanism for a computer which employs PC cards as               
          potential peripheral devices (specification, page 28, lines 14-             
          21).  In particular, the present invention protects the computer            
          and the PC cards from damage induced by the PC card peripheral              


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