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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHEE H. CHEW and NEIL W. KONZEN
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Appeal No. 2001-1308
Application No. 08/354,491
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, GROSS, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 and 2. Claims 3 through 8 have been
allowed, and in the Answer (page 2) the examiner withdrew the
rejection of claims 9 and 10.
Appellants' invention relates to a computer system with a
software program utilizing an application program interface to
request services from a windowed operating system, wherein the
application program interface includes a separate command to
request each service. Claim 2 is illustrative of the claimed
invention, and it reads as follows:
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