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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FRANSISCUS W. SIJSTERMANS
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Appeal No. 2003-1430
Application No. 09/414,4581
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ON BRIEF
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Before DIXON, SAADAT and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-9, which are all of the claims pending in
this application.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellant’s invention is directed to a vector processor for
executing vector instructions through conditional execution that
1 Application for patent filed October 7, 1999, which claims the
foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of European Patent
Office (EPO) Application No. 98203397.9, filed October 9, 1998.
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