Ex Parte Ahmad 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            was not written for publication and is not binding precedent                                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.                                                                               


                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                     
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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                       
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                              
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                               Ex parte NAZIR HAROON AHMAD et al.                                       
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                                       Appeal No. 2006-0637                                             
                                      Application 10/122,251                                            
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                                               ON BRIEF                                                 
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            Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent                              
            Judges.                                                                                     
            HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                      

                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                              
                  This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                                
            through 20.                                                                                 
                  The disclosed invention relates to a method and system for                            
            implementing a fault tolerant sleep mode of operation.  If the                              
            integrity of system state information stored in volatile memory                             
            is not maintained after resumption of a normal mode of operation,                           


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