Ex Parte ELLIS 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                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                    
                                     ____________                                      
                    Ex parte JACKSON L. ELLIS, DAVID R. NOELDNER,                      
                   DAVID M. SPRINGBERG and GRAEME M. WESTON-LEWIS                      
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                                 Appeal No. 2006-1783                                  
                             Application No. 09/183,6941                               
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                                       ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before BARRY, BLANKENSHIP, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                      
          SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from              
          the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-17, which constitute              
          all of the claims pending in this application.                               
               We affirm-in-part.                                                      
                                      BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellants’ invention is directed to a data controller which            
          includes a command queuing engine for creating a plurality of                

               Application for patent filed October 30, 1998.1                                                                      




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