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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HENRY C. DEBEY
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Appeal No. 2000-1643
Application 08/897,900
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
rejection of claims 22 and 30, which constitute all the claims remaining in the
application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method for optimizing transmission of a
program over a distribution system for multiple users. The program is divided into a
plurality of segments, at least some of which are further divided into a plurality of
fragments, and during each time interval one fragment of each segment is transmitted
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