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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GLENN BEGIS and LONNIE MCALISTER
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Appeal No. 2001-0517
Application No. 08/586,611
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and LALL, Administrative Patent
Judges.
LALL, 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, 3-8 and 10-14. Claims 2
and 9 have been objected to by the examiner and claims 15-21 have
been indicated as allowable by the examiner.
According to appellants (brief at pages 2, 3 and 4), the
claimed invention is directed to an innovative function which
enables a computer system to optimally interface with any hard
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