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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                              Ex parte STEVEN J. SMOLSKI                              
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                                 Appeal No. 2000-1209                                 
                              Application No. 08/711,180                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before HAIRSTON, LALL, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          


          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                          
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the            
          examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-18, which constitute all the         
          pending claims in the application.                                          
               According to appellants (brief at page 3 and 4), the present           
          invention relates generally to methods and program products                 
          operable in a computer for changing configuration/setup parameters          
          in an embedded controller type computer system, which computer              
          system is characterized by the absence of any keyboard or video             





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