The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOHN L. FRIEND _____________ Appeal No. 2002-0145 Application No. 09/090,990 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, GROSS, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-30. The invention is directed to a smart Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) e-mail system that automatically and intelligently converts and distributes a user’s e-mail documents to both HTML-capable and plain text e-mail clients.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007