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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TAMIYA ONODERA and KIYOKUNI KAWACHIYA
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Appeal No. 2004-2187
Application No. 09/378,549
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, OWENS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-14,
which are all of the claims in the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a method, apparatus and storage medium
for locking an object in a program that runs a plurality of
threads. Claim 1, which claims the method, is illustrative:
1. A method for managing a lock of an object by
storing a bit representing a type of said lock, and an
identifier of a thread having acquired a lock in accordance
with a first type of lock or an identifier of a second type
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