Ex Parte Trevathan - 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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.       

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                     
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                        
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                 
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                          Ex parte MATTHEW BUNKLEY TREVATHAN                        
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                                 Appeal No. 2006-0164                               
                              Application No. 09/826,085                            
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                                       ON BRIEF                                     
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         Before KRASS, OWENS, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.             
         KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                

              This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of              
         claims 1 and 3-9.                                                          

              The invention pertains to a technique for managing a cache.           
         In particular, information stored in a caching profile is analyzed,        
         and, responsive to the analysis, a preferred caching algorithm is          
         selected from a plurality of caching algorithms.                           



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