The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007