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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 K. RUSTAN M. LEINO, TODD DAVID MILLSTEIN
and JAMES B. SAXE
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Appeal No. 2005-1860
Application No. 09/754,8901
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, KRASS and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-47, which are all of the claims pending in
this application.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention is directed to computer verification
systems that automatically verify the correctness of a computer
program with respect to predefined criteria. By inserting
1 Application for patent filed January 5, 2001, which claims the filing
priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of the provisional Application No.
60/174,952, filed January 7, 2000.
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