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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KEITH HOLMES ____________ Appeal No. 96-3077 Application No. 08/255,5441 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4, 6-12, 14-20, 22-27, and 29, all of the claims pending in the present application. The claimed invention relates to the passing of messages between objects in an object oriented programming system. 1Application for patent filed June 6, 1994. According to appellant, this application is a continuation of Application 07/717,450, filed June 19, 1991, now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007