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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 17              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte KEVIN S. BARKER                                
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2001-2267                                  
                               Application 08/828,687                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, and RUGGIERO, 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 1-12, which constitute all the           
          claims in the application.                                                  
          The disclosed invention pertains to a method and apparatus                  
          for interfacing, from a single computer, a plurality of                     
          application programs that conform to a standard.                            




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