The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HARRY E. SHISLER and KEVIN D. REITZ ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0655 Application No. 08/743,201 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 29. The disclosed invention relates to a programmable batch processing engine for processing a batch application. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows: 1. A programmable batch processing engine, comprising:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007