Ex Parte PROVINO et al - 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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                              Ex parte JOSEPH E. PROVINO                              
                                  and MARK M. TOWFIGH                                 
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2000-2283                                 
                              Application No. 08/497,287                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before RUGGIERO, KRASS, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 1-30, which are all of the claims pending in the present             
          application.                                                                
               The claimed invention relates to a method and system for               
          providing a virtual machine for a plurality of application programs         
          including a calling program and a called program which is called by         
          the calling program.  Further included is a global state store for          





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