The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte ERIK P. STAATS Appeal No. 2003-1539 Application No. 09/027,400 ON BRIEF Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 8-10, 16-18 and 24-33. The invention is directed to the computation of a speed map for an IEEE-1394 Network. -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007