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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte STEVEN JAY MUNROE, SCOTT ALAN PLAETZER
and JAMES WILLIAM STOPYRO
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Appeal No. 2001-1578
Application No. 08/771,550
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ON BRIEF
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Before BARRETT, FLEMING, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-31, all the claims pending in the instant application.
The invention relates to computer operating systems which
support multiple simultaneous tasks. See page 1 of Appellants'
specification. As computers became more sophisticated, it became
common for computer systems to execute multiple tasks
concurrently. Operating systems designed for such computer
systems were required to manage operations within the available
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