Ex Parte HORNUNG et al - Page 1




          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 22              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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              Ex parte BRYAN HORNUNG, BRYAN MARIETTA and ROBERT K. KING               
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                                Appeal No. 2002-0278                                  
                               Application 08/797,674                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1 through 13, 15 through 18 and 24 through 32.  Claim 14             
          has been canceled.  Claims 19 through 23 have been withdrawn from           
          consideration.                                                              
                                   Invention                                          
               The invention relates to a Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI)           
          system which improves the available bandwidth of the system by              


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