Ex Parte MCLAREN et al - Page 1




               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 21           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                    Ex parte WAYNE A. MCLAREN, ANTHONY INGENOSO                       
               and PAUL C. PERRITT                                                    
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2001-1206                                  
                             Application No. 08/588,942                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     

          Before KRASS, GROSS and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-10, 12-23, 25-36 and 38-45.                                        
               The invention is directed to a method and system for                   
          executing a program under one of a plurality of mutually                    
          exclusive operating systems without having to reboot the entire             
          system.  When a secondary operating system is required to run a             

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