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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                  Ex parte KETAN SAMPAT, TROY ACOTT, GUNNER DANNEELS,                 
                        RAMAMURTHY SIVAKUMAR, and GALEN SPOONER                       
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-1874                                 
                              Application No. 08/134,025                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1 through 6, 9 through 15, 18 through 22,               
          and 25 through 28, which are all of the claims pending in this              
          application.                                                                
               Appellants' invention relates to a client, a server, and               
          a method for a network-based multicast system.  The client                  
          includes at least two media service providers for receiving                 







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