Ex parte MARTIN - Page 1




             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                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22         
                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                         
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                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                            
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                                Ex parte PAUL A. MARTIN                               
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                                 Appeal No. 2000-1326                                 
                              Application No. 08/658,272                              
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                                 HEARD: Feb. 20, 2002                                 
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          Before LALL, DIXON, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               The examiner rejected claims 30-36.  The appellant                     
          appeals therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a).  We reverse.                    


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The invention at issue in the appeal relates to                        
          developing code to be executed by computers in a distributed                
          computing environment.  More specifically, the invention                    
          provides a compiler and a pre-compiler for generating code for              
          use in a plurality of computers.  Source code comprises first               






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