Appeal 2007-2127
Reexamination Control No. 90/006,621
REEXAMINATION PROCEEDING
A request was filed on May 6, 2003, for ex parte reexamination of the
claims of U.S. Patent 5,694,604 (the '604 patent) by the Patent Owner and
inventor Martin G. Reiffin.
The '604 patent issued with claims 1-36. Original claims 1, 4, 6, 7,
14, 18, 22, 24, 26, 27, 31, and 33 were amended during reexamination.
Claims 37-83 were added during reexamination.
CONTINUITY INFORMATION
The '604 patent, entitled "Preemptive Multithreading Computer
System with Clock Activated Interrupt," issued on December 2, 1997, based
on Application 08/217,669, filed March 25, 1994 (1994 application). The
'604 patent is said to be a continuation of Application 07/496,282, filed
March 20, 1990 (1990 application), now U.S. Patent 5,694,603 ('603 patent),
also issued December 2, 1997; which is said to be a continuation of
Application 06/719,507, filed April 3, 1985 (1985 application), now
abandoned; and a continuation of Application 06/425,612, filed
September 28, 1982 (1982 application), now abandoned.
In this appeal, the "1994 application" is used to refer to the application
which became the '604 patent, for example, when discussing events that
happened before the patent issued. Similarly, the "1990 application" is used
to refer to the application which became the '603 patent.
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