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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SAMI SHAIO and ARTHUR V. HOFF
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Appeal No. 1999-2380
Application No. 08/575,743
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ON BRIEF
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Before BARRETT, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner's final rejection of claims 1-20, which are all of the
claims pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to maintaining packet security
in a computer network. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1, 15 and 17, which
are reproduced as follows:
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