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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DALE E. GULICK
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Appeal No. 2004-1596
Application No. 09/544,858
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ON BRIEF
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Before DIXON, BARRY and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-16, 18, 19, 23-25 and 27-39. Claims 17,
20-22 and 26 have been canceled.
We reverse and enter a new rejection pursuant to 37 CFR
§ 41.50(b).
BACKGROUND
Appellant’s invention is directed to a method and apparatus
for extending legacy systems to allow additional transactions
over a computer bus in spite of the limitations for expansion or
improvement in such systems. As depicted in Figure 4, the timing
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