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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                        Ex parte JAMES R. DEW, BARRY F. RUZEK                         
                                  AND MARK G. HAZZARD                                 
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2002-0884                                 
                              Application No. 08/852,507                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before RUGGIERO, BARRY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 1-11 and 15-18, which are all of the claims pending in the           
          present application.  Claims 12-14 have been canceled.                      
               The disclosed invention relates to a user “help” system useful         
          in data processing systems using different and heterogeneous                
          computer platforms.  A user is provided assistance concerning the           
          interoperation of diverse application programs which may be located         
          within the different and heterogeneous computer platforms.                  





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