The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 29
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHAEL L. MAULDIN
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Appeal No. 2002-0040
Application No. 08/937,392
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, BARRY, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 4-6. The appellant appeals therefrom under
35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The appellant‘s invention concerns cataloging files found on the Internet. The
appellant asserts that his invention enables entries in a catalog to be created for
Internet files that have not been downloaded for examination. (Appeal Br. at 2.)
Figure 9 of his specification represents the invention. A file 130 downloaded from the
Internet that contains a hypertext link to another document, viz., “ig-care.html,” is
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