Ex parte DEIS et al. - Page 1




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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                               Ex parte DAVID L. DEIS,                                
                                  ROBERT M. GJULLIN                                   
                                and DOUGLAS E. THORPE                                 
                                   ______________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1997-4222                                  
                              Application 08/182,886                                  
                                   _______________                                    
                                   ON BRIEF                                           
                                   _______________                                    
          Before THOMAS, KRASS and BARRETT, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                                                                     


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 2 through 6, all of the pending claims.                              
               The invention relates to database management systems.                  
          More particularly, data from separate databases is combined                 
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