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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                written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board                                                       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. 12                            

                                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                             
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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                               
                                                     AND INTERFERENCES                                                                  
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                                                 Ex parte ROBERT J. TORRES                                                              
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                                                      Appeal No. 1999-1691                                                              
                                                      Application 08/531,812                                                            
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                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                   
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                Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and KRASS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                        
                THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                    

                                                     DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                 
                        Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims                               
                1-18.                                                                                                                   
                        Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:                                                                     
                        1.  A method, performed in a data processing system, for creating dynamically                                   
                constructed integration menus, the method comprising the computer implemented steps                                     
                of:                                                                                                                     
                        storing, in a key programs list, both an executable filename and an associated                                  
                menu item for each of a plurality of first application programs;                                                        

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