Ex Parte ARAVAMUDAN et al - Page 1




               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 18           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                Ex parte MURALI ARAVAMUDAN, ANDREAS C. PAPANICOLAOU,                  
                         and KUMAR K. VISHWANATHAN                                    
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2002-0097                                  
                             Application No. 09/141,088                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     

          Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-5, 7-9 and 11.                                                     
               The invention is directed to collaborative browsing among              
          users at two or more different personal computers.  Copies of               
          selected URLs are shared among collaborating computers, each of             
          which uses the URL to retrieve the corresponding document.  A               

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