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               The opinion in support of the decision being                            
               entered today was not written for publication                           
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                              
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                                                             Paper No. 26              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                                                                      

                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                                                                      

                              Ex parte MARK L. SKARPNESS                               
                               and NIRANJAN PARAMPALLI                                 
                                                                                      
                                 Appeal No. 2004-1676                                  
                               Application 09/263,9181                                 
                                                                                      
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                      
          Before KRASS, BARRETT, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from              
          the final rejection of claims 1, 4, 5, and 7-16.                             
               We affirm.                                                              


          1  Application for patent filed March 5, 1999, entitled                      
          "Method for Interfacing an ATM Network to a PC by Implementing               
          the ATM Segmentation and Reassembly Functions in PC System                   
          Software."                                                                   
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