Ex Parte West 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                not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board                   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. 17                   
                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                       
                                           _____________                                                
                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                         
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                               
                                           _____________                                                
                                  Ex parte CHRISTOPHER J. WEST                                          
                                         and DAVID A. SERIS                                             
                                          ______________                                                
                                       Appeal No. 2004-2227                                             
                                       Application 09/726,868                                           
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                                              ON BRIEF                                                  
                                          _______________                                               
            Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.                           
            THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                        

                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                               
                  Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final                       
            rejection of claims 1-8, 10-24 and 26-35.                                                   
                  Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:                                           
                  1.  A storage system comprising:                                                      
                  a target storage device storing old data, the target storage device                   
            operable for receiving first delta difference data indicative of the                        





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