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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 LUKE M. BROWNING
and JEFFREY S. PEEK
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Appeal No. 2001-0048
Application No. 08/497,481
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ON BRIEF
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Before BARRETT, FLEMING, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 13. Claims 2, 4,
5, 8 and 11 have been canceled.
We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention is directed to a method and system for
optimizing thread processing in a multiprocessor data processing
system by establishing a priority order of threads executed
within the system. Threads are assigned to a local execution
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