THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 11 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte LOVIE A. MELKUS and DAVID J. SCHELL __________ Appeal No. 96-1343 Application 07/993,2251 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before COHEN, MEISTER and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-7 and 9-14, all the claims remaining in the application. Appellants’ invention pertains to a method (claims 1-7) and system (claims 9-14) for controlling individual messages to users 1Application for patent filed December 18, 1992. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007