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not binding precedent of the Board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. 31
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHELE M. COVELL,
and M. MARGARET WITHGOTT
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Appeal No. 2000-2102
Application 08/771,947
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ON BRIEF
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Before RUGGIERO, LALL and BARRY, 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 21-27, 30-36, 38, 39, 41,
43, 46-52, 54 and 55, the only pending claims in the application.
The disclosed invention is directed to the selective
recording of information streams. An example of such an
information stream is a video signal received via a television
broadcast medium. The invention can be employed to selectively
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