Ex Parte ISLAM et al - Page 1



               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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13           
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                 Ex parte SHAH MOHAMMED REZAUL ISLAM, VIKRAM HARAKERE                 
                          KRISHNAMURTHY, and PRASENJIT SARKAR                         
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                                 Appeal No. 2003-1603                                 
                              Application No. 09/376,832                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before KRASS, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 6 through 8.  Claims 1 through 5 and 12                 
          through 16 have been indicated as being allowed, and claims 9               
          through 11 have been objected to as being dependent upon rejected           
          base claims.                                                                
               Appellants' invention relates to a computer system with                
          plural storage volumes wherein a snapshot module invokes a                  
          snapshot relationship between the volumes such that read and                
          write requests can be made to any volumes in the relationship.              





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