The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KENT G. FIELDEN
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Appeal No. 2002-0490
Application No. 09/152,751
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, BARRETT, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 16-27. The appellant appeals therefrom
under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal executes "load instructions." (Spec. at 1.) A
microprocessor executes a load instruction to retrieve data from a memory. Such an
instruction specifies an address at which data of interest are stored and how much data
are to be retrieved. (Id. at 2.)
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