Ex Parte BUTLER et al - Page 1




          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 12              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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             Ex parte NICHOLAS DAVID BUTLER, JEREMY PETER JAMES HUGHES,               
          STEPHEN GRAHAM COPINGER LAWRENCE, SUSAN MALAIKA,                            
          and LAWRENCE LEON PORTER                                                    
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2002-1454                                  
                               Application 08/909,950                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FLEMING, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1 through 12, all the claims pending in the instant                  
          application.                                                                
                                   Invention                                          
               The invention relates to a voice processing system which               
          allows callers to access Internet World Wide Web pages by using             

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