Legal Opinion
In re Chatfield
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided November 18, 1976No. Patent Appeal No. 76-551PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 1-6 and 9-16, constituting all of the claims in appellant’s application serial No. 243,951, filed April 14, 1972, entitled “Method of Operating a Multiprogrammed Computing System.” We reverse.
The Invention
Chatfield’s invention resides in the field of computer technology and specifically in the area of multiprogrammed computer systems. Computer systems generally include one or more central processing units (CPU’s)1 and one or more peripheral units, e.…
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