The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte DAVID W. LaFOLLETTE and JERROLD V. HAUCK Appeal No. 2002-1135 Application 09/416,4971 ON BRIEF Before BARRETT, LEVY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 5-8, 16, and 17. Claim 4 is objected to. We reverse. 1 Application for patent filed October 12, 1999, entitled "Early Arbitration on a Full Duplex Bus," which is a continuation of Application 09/018,028, filed February 2, 1998, now U.S. Patent 6,038,234, issued March 14, 2000. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007