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            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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17             


                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                   _____________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                   _____________                                    
                              Ex parte JOHN L. FRIEND                               
                                   _____________                                    
                               Appeal No. 2002-0145                                 
                             Application No. 09/090,990                             
                                  ______________                                    
                                     ON BRIEF                                       
                                  _______________                                   

         Before KRASS, GROSS, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.             
         KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of              
         claims 1-30.                                                               
              The invention is directed to a smart Hypertext Markup                 
         Language (HTML) e-mail system that automatically and                       
         intelligently converts and distributes a user’s e-mail documents           
         to both HTML-capable and plain text e-mail clients.                        










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