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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                                       and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11                         
                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                     
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                       
                                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                                           
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                       Ex parte JOHN F. CVETKO, YING K. KWONG and JAMES F. SANDAU                                            
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                                                  Appeal No. 1999-0224                                                       
                                               Application No. 08/649,889                                                    
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                             
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              Before URYNOWICZ, KRASS and RUGGIERO,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                           
              URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                        

                                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                          

                      This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-4, all the claims pending in the                   
              application.                                                                                                   
                      The invention pertains to a communications system.  Claim 1, the only independent                      
              claim, is illustrative and reads as follows:                                                                   
                      1.   An interactive multimedia audio/video communications system                                       
                      comprising:                                                                                            



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