The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte S. BABAR RAZA and SOMNATH PAUL
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Appeal No. 2004-0856
Application No. 09/676,704
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-20. The appellants appeal therefrom under
35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal implements a "multiqueue," first-in-first-out
("FIFO") storage. Figure 1 of the appellants' specification shows what they term a
"conventional system" for implementing a multiqueue, FIFO storage. (Spec. at 1.)
Generally, the system 10 comprises a write selector 12, a read selector 14, and FIFO
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