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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 HARRY E. SHISLER and KEVIN D. REITZ                     
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                                 Appeal No. 2002-0655                                 
                              Application No. 08/743,201                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through         
          29.                                                                         
               The disclosed invention relates to a programmable batch                
          processing engine for processing a batch application.                       
               Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads         
          as follows:                                                                 
               1.  A programmable batch processing engine, comprising:                







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