Ex Parte STAUB 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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                               Ex parte DAVID B. STAUB,                                
                         D. MICHAEL SCHWAB and JAY ALAN HAGER                          
                                    _____________                                      
                                 Appeal No. 2004-1668                                  
                              Application No. 09/466,529                               
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                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                     
          Before OWENS, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges              
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          
                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-24,                 
          which are all of the claims in the application.                              
                                    THE INVENTION                                      
               The appellants claim a system and network for cataloging and            
          detecting network faults.  Claim 13, which claims the system, is             
          illustrative:                                                                



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