The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte JIE NI and RICHARD S. JENSEN Appeal No. 2004-0180 Application No. 09/124,642 ON BRIEF Before KRASS, GROSS and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-19. The invention is directed to a system for synchronizing a network link, best illustrated by reference to representative independent claim 1, reproduced as follows: 1. A method of synchronizing two ends of a bi-directional network communication path comprising: -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007