The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RANJIT J. ROZARIO and RAVIKRISHNA CHERUKURI Appeal No. 2005-0973 Application No. 09/740,669 ON BRIEF Before KRASS, RUGGIERO and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision On Appeal This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-24. The invention is directed to a direct memory access (DMA) scheduler, best illustrated by representative independent claims 1 and 10, reproduced as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007