The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FORREST CLIFTON GRAY,
MICHAEL ANTHONY PEREZ
and MARK WALZ WENNING
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Appeal No. 2005-1361
Application No. 09/798,287
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, SAADAT, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-40, which constitute all the
claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and apparatus
for determining corrective measures in a data processing system.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for determining of corrective measures in a data
processing system, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) reading status values from a plurality of status
registers;
(b) combining the status values to form a new value; and
(C) using the new value to search a set of corrective
measures for at least one corrective measure.
The examiner relies on the following references:
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