Ex Parte 4918645 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                         and is not binding precedent of the Board                  
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                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                           Ex parte LG ELECTRONICS, INC.                            
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                                Appeal No. 2006-2217                                
                Reexamination Control Nos. 90/006,789 and 90/007,420                
                          Merged Reexamination Proceedings                          
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                                      ON BRIEF                                      
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         Before BARRETT, LEE, and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges.             
         BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(b) from            
         the final rejection of claims 1, 6, 12, and 17.  Amended claims 2          
         and 13 have been determined to be patentable, and the                      
         patentability of claims 3-5, 7-11, 14-16, and 18-20 has been               
         confirmed.                                                                 
              We reverse, but enter new grounds of rejection as to                  
         claims 1, 6, 12, and 17.                                                   
                                   REEXAMINATION                                    
              A first "Request for Ex Parte Reexamination," Control                 
         No. 90/006,789 ('6789 Reexam), was filed October 14, 2003, by              
         Third Party Requester James S. Hsue, for reexamination of                  
         U.S. Patent 4,918,645 (the '645 patent), entitled "Computer Bus            
         Having Page Mode Memory Access," issued April 17, 1990, to                 
         inventor Brian E.J. Lagoy, Jr., based on Application 07/098,449,           
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