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                               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                       journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                             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                                                         
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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                          
                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                                                 Ex parte KEITH HOLMES                                                             
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                                                   Appeal No. 96-3077                                                              
                                             Application No. 08/255,5441                                                           
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                                                           ON BRIEF                                                                
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               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.                                                                     





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