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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOSEPH MARTIN HERBST and JOEL MARK YARBOROUGH
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Appeal No. 2003-1877
Application No. 09/375,071
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 26, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
Appellants' invention relates to a method and system for
storing data in a file. The method includes the steps of
defining a number of storage regions including a first region and
an end of file region, storing data until all regions of the file
are used, redesignating the first region as a new end of file
region, and storing more data in the new end of file region.
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