The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 __________ Ex parte KEVIN S. BARKER __________ Appeal No. 2001-2267 Application 08/828,687 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ 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. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007