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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DOUGLAS M. BLAIR, JOHN J. GREFENSTETTE,
H.HADON NASH, DALE I. NEWFIELD, and DUSTIN M. LUCIEN
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Appeal No. 2006-2702
Application No. 09/881,234
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ON BRIEF
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Before SCHEINER, ADAMS, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-23, which are all the claims pending in the
application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
1. A method of comparing a query dataset N with a subject dataset M,
comprising:
dividing said query dataset N into nN data elements having a size within a
specified range;
dividing said subject dataset M into nM data elements having a size within
said specified range;
determining a number of tasks for an entire comparison of datasets N and
M as nN x nM;
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