The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JOHN J. MCMILLAN and GARY D. CHIRHART __________ Appeal No. 2004-0935 Application 09/189,559 __________ HEARD: April 27, 2005 __________ Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 65. The disclosed invention relates to a method and system for managing software conflicts in a computer system. In the method 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007