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is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CARL R. DICHTER
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Appeal No. 2003-0189
Application No. 09/627,892
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s rejection of claims 10-12, 14 and 15.
The Invention
The invention relates to a computer network with plural nodes connected
to telephone lines, see appellant’s specification page 4, line 27-30. Each node
can be programmably configured, see appellant’s specification page 5, lines 10
to page 6 line 3. There is a high frequency power supply and a low pass filter to
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