The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte ALONGKORN KITAMORN, ASHWINI KULKARNI, GORDON D. MCINTOSH, KANISHA PATEL, and MICHAEL ANTHONY PEREZ _______________ Appeal No. 2006-1757 Application No. 10/116,522 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and HOMERE, 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 1-27, which constitute all the claims pending in this application. The disclosed invention pertains to locating hardware faults in multiple devices in a data processing system. Specifically,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007